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Lexical semantics is the study of word meaning.

some words have an actual concrete item or concept (idea, action, or state of being) that the word refers to in the real world. (referent)

The referential meaning describes the referent. The referential meaning of a word is its definition.

Sense allows us to understand words that have no concrete referen!. We learn the referential meaning of words, ihe meaning oí words withou! a concrete referen!, and any extensions of those meanings through language socialization—our exposure lo the people using language around us.

Shifting reíerents are referents that are different for each speaker and each sentence Pronouns have shifting referents.

Lexical semantics

Name: Lizbeth Reyes

Date: October 20th, 2020