Semantics in Linguistics

Semantics in Linguistics

1. Semantics

   • The study of meaning communicated through language

2. Phonology

   • Study of what sounds a language has and hos these sounds combine to form words

3. Syntax

   • Is the study of how words can be combined into sentences

4. Semiotics

   • Signifier
   • Signified

5. Linguistic knowledge

   • Meaning of words

6. Encyclopaedic knowledge

   • About the way the world is

7. Challenges

   • Circularity
   • Relate encyclopaedic with linguistic knowledge
   • Context

8. Pragmatics

   • Study of words in context

9. Levels of language

   • Utterances
     • is created by speaking or writing a piece of language
   • Sentences
     • abstract grammatical elements obtained from utterances
   • Propositions