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semantics::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | linguistics |
| Has types | formal semantics, cognitive semantics, semasiology, lexical semantics, conceptual semantics, deixis |
| Derivation | semantic, semanticist |
Examples of semantics
semantics
Back in Christianity's early days, petty semantics could cause powerful schisms.
From the time.com
The dispute over semantics might take a back seat to the issue of vested rights.
From the sltrib.com
Research is conducted in syntax, phonology, morphology, phonetics and semantics.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Semantics over how bad we should feel should the worse happen is something else.
From the guardian.co.uk
Semantics may be either included in, or placed separately from, the wiki markup.
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For starters is the semantics behind what is known, to that what is hoped to be.
From the techland.time.com
Confronted with Schanche's story, White House aides sought safety in semantics.
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In matters of semantics alone, the distance between this royal pair is obvious.
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His Cambridge dissertation explored the foundations of probabilistic semantics.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The study of language meaning
- The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text; "a petty argument about semantics"
- (semantic) of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"
- (semantically) with regard to meaning; "semantically empty messages"
- Semantics (from Ancientu00A0Greek: u03C3u03B7u03BCu03B1u03BDu03C4u03B9u03BAu03CCu03C2 su0113mantiku00F3s, "significant") is the study of meaningu2014in language, programming languages, formal logics, and semiotics. It focuses on the relationship between signifiersu2014like words, phrases, signs, and symbolsu2014and what they stand for, their denotation.
- Semantics was a 1983 EP by iconic Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The album marked a change in the line up of the band as Bill McDonough (drums) was replaced first by Graham Bidstrup (ex-The Angels, The Party Boys with Crawl member James Reyne) to record the EP. ...
- A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words; The study of the relationship between words and their meanings; The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage
- (Semantic) Pertaining to the meaning of words (an adjective). "Semantics" (the noun) is the inquiry into, or study of the meaning of words, seeking the full sense of the thought expressed by actual words in a real context. ...
- (semantic) Having to do with meaning.
