Semantics in Linguistics

Semantics in Linguistics

1. Semantics

   • Is the study of meaning through language

2. Phonology

   • Is the study of what sounds a language has and how these sounds combine to form words.

3. Syntax

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

4. Entailment – The relationship between sentences

5. Signification – process of creating and interpreting symbols.

6. Semiotics – the study of signs and symbols

7. Icon - similarity between a sign and what it represents.

8. Index

   • Idiolect
     • Recursive

9. Symbol

10. Definitions theory

    • to give meaning of linguistic expressions

11. Linguistic knowledge – The meaning of words

    • Encyclopedic knowledge
      • Lexicon – Mental dictionary

12. Speaker meaning: is what a speaker means (intends to convey) when he uses a piece of language.

    • Sentence meaning: (or word meaning) is what a sentence (or word) means.