Semantic

Semantic

1. The science of meanings (Michael Breal 1833)

   • Also study
     • psychology
     • philosophy
   • Language
     • Classification of signs
       • Symbol
         • The convention unites them with the designated object
         • Ex: Red Cross
         • Sign
           • Something physical whic represents something other than itself
           • Ex: Grey Clouds, rain
     • Expression
       • Lexical Meaning
         • The meaning of the word (Merriam Webster)
         • Grammar Meaning
           • The function that each word has within the sentence
           • Sentences meaning
             • Meaning of sentences
             • Utterance meaning
               • What the person says
               • Word meaning
                 • Meaning of dictionary
                 • EX: Beautiful: adjective pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.
               • EX: Peter said me "The lady is beautiful"
             • EX: The lady is beautiful
           • EX: The lady is beautiful (Beautiful is a adjective )
         • EX: Friend , Friendly, friendship, friends etc.
     • Features
       • Concepts
         • Specific characteristics of an object
         • Arbitrariness
           • is the absence of many natural or necesary connection between a wor'd meaning and its form.
           • Ambiguity
             • It can be understood in 2 ways
             • Sense
               • relations to other expressions in the language