semasiologistn.
/sᵻˌmeɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /sᵻˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /səˌmeɪsiˈɑlədʒəst/, /səˌmeɪziˈɑlədʒəst/ Linguistics.
An expert in or student of semasiology.
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the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > [noun] > one who studies
semasiologist1897
semanticist1901
semantician1918
notionalist1992
1897 F. M. Müller Contrib. Sci. Mythol. I. v. 403 The same concessions, however, should sometimes be made by semasiologists which have so often to be made by the phonologists.
1899 Athenæum 5 Aug. 185/3 The semasiologist..has to trace the vicissitudes which the history of forms, words, and phrases presents with respect to signification.
1919 Mod. Lang. Rev. 14 307 Semasiologists have established various kinds of change in the meaning of words.
1954 W. P. de Haas Semantic Spectrum of Moisture in Arabic ii. xiii. 112 The onomasiologist who is interested in the notion conveyed by the derivative c will find that it is expressed by a word with basic meaning A... The semasiologist, who starts from the basic meaning A will find the derivatives a and b and c.
1998 Ling. Inq. 29 292 Nineteenth-century semanticists and semasiologists..viewed polysemy as the life force of human language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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