Remembering something that has meaning for you
Semantics is the study of meaning.
For example, in Middle English, the word "deer" meant "wild animal" or "beast", so the meaning of "We plan to hunt deer" has a different meaning then than it does now. As another example, the word "awful" originally meant "full of awe" instead of "frightful" or "very bad", so it also would have very different meanings depending on the context.
Also, there are denotations and connotations. The denotation of a word is its direct meaning, while the connotation is an indirect or implied meaning. As an example of the difference, referring to the "smell of baking apple pie" would directly refer to the smell of cinnamon and other spices, but it might indirectly refer to happy memories in Grandma's kitchen or the comfort of home.
There are figures of speech that in their entirety do not mean what each word means literally. "Raining cats and dogs" does not mean cats and dogs are falling from clouds. Semantics is the study of meanings in language, for instance, when people say "I love" this can have numerous meanings.
Semantic features categorize the different elements of the meaning of a word. Some words have more semantic features than others.
For example:
Man [+Human] [+Adult] [+Male]
Woman [+Human] [+Adult] [+Female]
Boy [+Human] [-Adult] [+Male]
Girl [+Human] [-Adult] [+Female]
Whereas:
King [+Human] [+Adult] [+Male] [+Status]
Queen [+Human] [+Adult] [+Female] [+Status]
Prince [+Human] [-Adult] [+Male] [+Status]
Princess [+Human] [-Adult] [+Female] [+Status]
The kinds of semantic features that you use will greatly depend on what you are analyzing/categorizing. Here are some potential examples:
FEATURE: + vs. -
Human : Baby vs. Pig
Animate : Pig vs. Chair
Edible : Toast vs. Rock
Tangible : Chair vs. Idea
Event : Birthday vs. Pig
Mobile : Cart vs. Tree
Transitive : Hugged vs. Sat
Finite : An apple vs. Apples
When assigning semantic features to multiple items, you only need to indicate the value of relevant features. You want to have enough features to distinguish between the items (ie. each item has a unique value set) without having unnecessary or redundant features.
For example, to distinguish between 'Pig' and 'Chair' you only need the feature Animate:
Pig [+Animate]
Chair [-Animate]
While to distinguish between 'Pig', 'Chair', and 'Baby' you need to use two features:
Pig [+Animate] [-Human]
Chair [-Animate] [-Human]
Baby [+Animate] [+Human]
Here is a larger example:
Pig [+Animate] [-Human] [0Young] [+Tangible] [-Event]
Chair [-Animate] [-Human] [0Young] [+Tangible] [-Event]
Baby [+Animate] [+Human] [+Young] [+Tangible] [-Event]
Adult [+Animate] [+Human] [-Young] [+Tangible] [-Event]
Idea [0Animate] [-Human] [0Young] [-Tangible] [-Event]
Birthday [0Animate] [-Human] [0Young] [-Tangible] [+Event]
meaningless
Semantics is the study of the meaning of words. Misunderstandings arise when people use words without really knowing what they mean, or attempt to understand things without knowing the meaning of the words used. These are problems caused by faulty semantics.
Lexical semantics is a branch of semantics which deal with meanings and relations of words. This also includes the synonyms, antonyms and hyponyms of different words.
Say you were arguing over how to build a birdhouse. You both basically agree on how to build it, but there are a few fine details that are unimportant to same outcome, you can say, "We both agree on how to build this thing, let's not argue over semantics."
semantics
Examples of semantics include the study of meaning in language, analyzing the relationships between words and their meanings, investigating how context influences meaning, and exploring how different languages express similar concepts.
Some people dont know the sentence for semantics.
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Stephen Ullmann has written: 'Semantics' -- subject(s): Semantics 'The principles of semantics' -- subject(s): Semantics
The Semantics ended in 1996.
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. There are three main types of antonyms: gradable antonyms (e.g. hot/cold), complementary antonyms (e.g. alive/dead), and relational antonyms (e.g. parent/child). Examples include heavy/light, happy/sad, and buy/sell.
Journal of Semantics was created in 1982.
Whether or not a mill is an example of a wheel and axle is a matter of semantics. It certainly would contain examples of a wheel and axle.
Semantics refer to the meaning of words and how they are interpreted within a particular context or language.
Journal of Web Semantics was created in 2003.
Natural Language Semantics was created in 1993.
semantics = words; syntax = how they're used