semantics in linguistics

semantics in linguistics

1. levels of analysis

   • sematics
     • The study of the meaning of words and sentences
   • phonology
     • the study of what sounds a language has and how these sounds combine to forms
   • syntax
     • the study of how words can be combined into sentences

2. semiotics

   • general study of the use of sign system

3. semioticians

   • studies the types of relationships that may hold between a sign and the object it represents

4. metalanguage

   • is used to describe the semantic units and rules of all language

5. pragmatics

   • the study of what sounds a language has and how these sounds combine to forms words