Semantics

Semantics

1. Branch of linguistic

   • Studies the meaning of
     • Word
     • Phrases
     • Sentences
     • How it's constructed

2. The meaning can be

   • Conceptual
     • The construction of meaning
       • Example
         • Dog
           • It's a wolf-like canid that can be found distributed around the world.
           • Conceptual
   • Associative
     • Words that we associate with an original word
       • Example
         • Dog
           • We associate this word with best friend, animal, loyal, and others.
             • All of these words have a relationship between the original word (dog)

3. Semantic Features Analysis

   • Used to analyze the similarities between words
     • We use (+) to represent similarity or relationship between words
       • We use (-) to represent that there's no similarity
   • Example

4. Semantic Roles

   • Concept (From Internet)
     • "A semantic role is the underlying relationship that a participant has with the main verb in a clause."
   • Agent and Theme
     • Instrument
       • Experiencer
         • Location
           • Source
             • Goal
               • It's like the ending point, an objective to achieve
                 • Aly travels to London next friday
                 • Mary threw the ball at me
             • Refers to the provenance, where something or someone came from
               • Alex brought some stuffs from the supermarket
           • Related with the place where a person/thing is
             • Place prepositions
             • My house is behind the Mall
         • When a feeling is involved in the action
           • Gus loves his family
           • I felt sick in the morning
       • When a tool helps the agent to make an action
         • My mom cut the pineapple with a knife
           • The knife is the instrument
     • The Agent is who makes an action, the doer or the initiator
       • John broke the window
         • John is the agent
         • The window is the theme
     • The theme is an object or a person that is directly affected by the action

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