Semantics is the study of meaning in language. Although it can be conceived as concerned with
meaning in general, it is often confined to those aspects which are relatively stable and context-free, in contrast
to pragmatics, which is concerned with meaning variation with context. Semantics is sometimes described as
concerned with the relation of linguistic forms to states of the world; more sensibly, it may be seen as
concerned with the relation of linguistic forms to non-linguistic concepts and mental representations, as well as
with relationship, of meaning between linguistic forms, such as synonymy, antonymy and hyponymy. Semantic
theories have influenced approaches to describing word meaning, and are thus particularly relevant to
Lexicography and vocabulary teaching.
References :
Tim Dosen, Semantics
- Kreidler, Charles W. 1998. Introducing English Semantics: Routledge
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- Leech, Geoffrey. 1985. Semantics. Penguin Books Ltd.
- Riemer, Nick. 2010. Introducing Semantics. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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