Semantics notes
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This Semantics notes page gathers user-made notes on word meaning, sense relations and semantic change. It offers university students and professional candidates material for practising these topics, and teachers material to use in their teaching. There are over 10 notes, mostly at university level. Pick a note to start exploring.
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- Types and Theories of Meaning33
- Sense, Reference and Thought55
- Lexical Semantics63
- Semantic Features and Componential Analysis11
- Lexical Relations69
- Lexical and Structural Ambiguity14
- Semantic Change9
- Sentence Meaning and Compositionality35
- Thematic Roles and Predicates44
- Sentence Relations and Truth17
- Modality, Quantification and Logic14
- Semantics, Pragmatics and Context44
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Traditional Semantics TRADITIONAL SEMANTICSSemantics is the study of linguistic meaning.Lexical Semantics ( focus of the chapter)Sentence Semantics (chapter 10)Discourse Semantics (chapter 11)Word meanings are a matter of both social agree...
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SEMANTIC CHANGES - created from Mind Map The Causes of Semantic Changes Herman Paul’s classification of semantic changes extra-linguistic (historical) factors
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Concepts in Semantics - Criado a partir de um Mapa Mental Synonym Antonym Hyponym
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Semantics in Linguistics - created from Mind Map Semantic is defined as Semantics and Semiotics Three challenges in doing semantics
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Sense Relations - Criado a partir de um Mapa Mental Silas Da Cunha Silva Ambuiguity Homophones
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Semantics and Vocabulary - creado desde un Mapa Mental LEXICALWords that constitute a language LEXEMAbstract unit of morphological analysis in linguistics *Find--Find ing  ...
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Oppositeness
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Meronymy Meronymy is a word that denotes part of a whole, as fender is to car, week is to month, head is to body, branch is to tree, binding is to book. "At one level meronyms can be divided into two types: 'necessary' and 'op...
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Logic in semantic analysis - creado desde un Mapa Mental Helful to understand how computers work The semantic relations between sentences... sometimes, the result of using connectors Others the result of their syntactic structure Trying to represent these relations takes us...
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UNIT 11 - creado desde un Mapa Mental 1. WORD AS LINGUISTIC SIGN 2. HOMONYMY vs POLYSEMY 3. SYNONYMY
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Semantics in Linguistics - created from Mind Map is the study of meaning communicated through language. Level of analysis Semantics is the study of the meaning words and sentences.
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Semantics
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Meaning, Thought and Reality - created from Mind Map Referrig Denoting Nominal
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Start with Meronymy if you want to focus on one relationship: how a word can name part of a whole. The note gives examples such as a week and a month. For a broader look at word relationships, the notes on concepts in semantics include synonyms, antonyms, homophones and ambiguity.
The notes on semantic change cover causes of change, while those on logic in semantic analysis consider relationships between sentences. Semantics brings together lexical and grammatical meaning with sentence semantics.
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For a focused starting point, try Meronymy. It describes words that name parts of a whole and gives examples to work through. If you want to compare several relationships instead, look at the notes on concepts in semantics, which include synonyms, antonyms and homophones.
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