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"a petty argument about semantics"nounthe meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
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nounthe study of language meaningtype of:
Definition that contains semantics
- grammar the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
- firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
- j. r. firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
- conceptual semantics the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning
- john rupert firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
- descriptive linguistics a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments
- lexical semantics the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
- semasiology the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning
- formal semantics the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning
- prescriptive linguistics an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics