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Definition of general semantics in US English: general semanticsplural noun usually treated as singular A system of linguistic philosophy developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950), which explores the arbitrary nature of words and symbols and attempts to refine ways of using language. Example sentencesExamples - But did you know that the quintessentially American gesture of wagging pairs of fingers in the air as if putting quotes around spoken words derives from general semantics - the term and the discipline that originated with A. Korzybski?
- Having said that, what's that about general semantics?
- If you have read anything by him you have had a primer on general semantics.
- Korzybski, after defined time-binding, developed general semantics, a philosophy based on modern science that understands implicitly the important of language, knowledge and time.
- Again, there's some more general semantics (‘the X that S’ where X might not normally take a definite article), and maybe something extra.
Definition of general semantics in US English: general semanticsplural noun usually treated as singular A system of linguistic philosophy developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950), which explores the arbitrary nature of words and symbols and attempts to refine ways of using language. Example sentencesExamples - If you have read anything by him you have had a primer on general semantics.
- Korzybski, after defined time-binding, developed general semantics, a philosophy based on modern science that understands implicitly the important of language, knowledge and time.
- Again, there's some more general semantics (‘the X that S’ where X might not normally take a definite article), and maybe something extra.
- Having said that, what's that about general semantics?
- But did you know that the quintessentially American gesture of wagging pairs of fingers in the air as if putting quotes around spoken words derives from general semantics - the term and the discipline that originated with A. Korzybski?
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