Semantic

Semantic

1. Semantics is the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences.

   • meaning
     • conceptual meaning
       • Also called denotation or cognitive meaning.
         • It covers those basic, essential components of meaning that are conveyed by the literal use of a word.
           • It is the type of meaning that dictionaries are designed to describe.
             • Type of the conceptual meaning
               • Contrastive
               • Constituent structure
     • Associative meaning
       • Also known as expressive meaning and stylistic meaning.
         • The expression is associated with experience
           • Cultural
           • Religious
           • This can affect the meaning of the concepts
             • Types of the associative meaning
               • Connotative meaning
               • Stylistic meaning
               • Affective meaning
               • Collocative meaning
               • Reflected meaning
   • Semantic features
     • Represent the basic conceptual components of meaning for any lexical item.
       • Types of features
         • Category features
           • It assign the word to a semantic category
         • Function features
           • It assign a usual state or activity to the word
         • Property features
           • It list the properties distinguishing the reference of the word