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semantics

semantics

See also: semàntics

English

Noun

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(linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. [1893]
Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.‎
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
- 2006, Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, and Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, section 8.1:
  In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
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

Derived terms

algebraic semantics
axiomatic semantics
computational semantics
denotational semantics
formal semantics

Related terms

Related terms

Translations

science of the meaning of words

Afrikaans: semantiek
Albanian: semantikë (sq) f
Arabic: عِلْم اَلْمَعَانِي m ‎(ʿilm al-maʿānī)
Armenian: իմաստաբանություն (hy) ‎(imastabanutʿyun)
Catalan: semàntica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 語義學 (zh), 语义学 (zh) ‎(yǔyìxué)
Czech: sémantika (cs) f
Danish: semantik (da) c
Dutch: semantiek (nl) f
Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitysoppi (fi)
French: sémantique (fr) f
Georgian: სემანტიკა ‎(semanṭiḳa)
German: Bedeutungslehre (de), Semantik (de) f
Hungarian: szemantika (hu)
Indonesian: semantik (id)
Japanese: 意味論 ‎(いみろん, imiron)
Khmer: និឃណ្ដសាស្ត្រ ‎(ni’kʰoanda’sah)

Korean: 의미론 (ko) ‎(uimiron) (意味論 (ko))
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: watenasî (ku) f
Norwegian: semantikk (no) m
Persian: علم معانی ‎('elm ma'âni), معنی‌شناسی ‎(ma'ni-šenâsi)
Polish: semantyka (pl) f
Portuguese: semântica (pt)
Russian: сема́нтика (ru) f ‎(semántika)
Serbo-Croatian: семантика f, semantika (sh) f
Slovene: pomenoslovje (sl) n
Spanish: semántica (es) f
Swahili: semantiki
Swedish: semantik (sv) c
Tagalog: semantika, paladiwaan
Turkish: anlambilim (tr)
Vietnamese: ngữ nghĩa học (vi)
Walloon: semantike (wa) f, sinsyince f

study of the relationship between words and their meanings

Danish: semantik (da) c, betydningslære c
Finnish: semantiikka (fi), merkitysoppi (fi)
Khmer: និឃណ្ដសាស្ត្រ ‎(ni’kʰoanda’sah)
Norwegian: semantikk (no) m

Portuguese: semântica (pt) f
Russian: сема́нтика (ru) f ‎(semántika)
Serbo-Croatian: семантика f, semantika (sh) f
Swahili: semantiki
Walloon: semantike (wa) f

individual meanings of words

Danish: semantik (da) c
Finnish: semantiikka (fi)
Norwegian: semantikk (no) m
Portuguese: semântica (pt) f

Russian: сема́нтика (ru) f ‎(semántika)
Serbo-Croatian: семантика f, semantika (sh) f
Walloon: semantike (wa) f, sinifiance f

See also

Appendix:Glossary of semantics

External links

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