semantics

Noun
  1. The study of language meaning (synset 106189508)
    is a type of: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    subtypes:
    • deixis - the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs
    • formal semantics - the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning
    • lexical semantics - the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
    • cognitive semantics, conceptual semantics, semasiology - the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning
  2. The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text (synset 105929245)
    "a petty argument about semantics"
    is a type of: meaning, substance - the idea that is intended

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