semantics

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪˈmæntɪks/

Noun

semantics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

   Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.

2. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

   The semantics of the terms used are debatable.

   The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.

Derived terms

• algebraic semantics
• axiomatic semantics
• computational semantics
• denotational semantics
• formal semantics
• lexical semantics
• mathematical semantics
• operational semantics
• statistical semantics

Related terms

• seme
• sememe
• semantic
• semasiology
• sematic
• sematology
• semiotic
• semiotics

Translations

science of the meaning of words

Afrikaans: semantiek (af) Albanian: semantikë (sq) f. Arabic: علم المعاني (ar) m. Catalan: semàntica (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 语义学 (zh) (yǔyìxué) Croatian: semantika (hr) f. Czech: sémantika (cs) f. Danish: semantik (da) c. Dutch: semantiek (nl) f. Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitysoppi (fi) French: sémantique (fr) f.

Hungarian: szemantika (hu) Indonesian: semantik (id) Japanese: 意味論 (いみろん, imiron) Korean: 의미론 (ko) (uimilon) Norwegian: semantikk (no) m. Persian: علم معانی (fa), معنی‌شناسی (fa) Polish: semantyka (pl) f. Russian: семантика (ru) (semántika) f. Slovene: pomenoslovje (sl) n. Spanish: semántica (es) f. Tagalog: semantika (tl) Vietnamese: ngữ nghĩa học (vi)

study of the relationship between words and their meanings

Croatian: semantika (hr) f. Danish: semantik (da) c., betydningslære (da) c. Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitysoppi (fi)

Norwegian: semantikk (no) m. Russian: семантика (ru) (semántika) f.

individual meanings of words

Croatian: semantika (hr) f. Danish: semantik (da) c. Finnish: semantiikka (fi)

Norwegian: semantikk (no) m. Russian: семантика (ru) (semántika) f.

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Dutch: semantiek f. German: Semantik f. Interlingua: semantica Italian: Semantica f. Lithuanian: semantika f. Hebrew: דקדוק Norwegian: semantikk c. Persian: معنی‌شناسی (ma'ni-shenasi) Swedish: semantik c.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of semantics

External links

• semantics at OneLook Dictionary Search