| 单词 | semantics |
| 释义 | semantics (once / 28969 pages) n Semantics is the study of meaning in language. It can be applied to entire texts or to single words. For example, "destination" and "last stop" technically mean the same thing, but students of semantics analyze their subtle shades of meaning. To correctly pronounce semantics — which is a singular noun even though it ends in s — accent the second syllable: "suh-MAN-ticks." In the late 1800s, Michel Bréal coined the term sémantique to describe the psychology of language. That French word has its origins in Greek: semantikos means "significant," and comes from semainein "to show, signify, indicate by a sign." Semantics investigates the meaning of language. WORD FAMILYsemantics: semanticist+/semantic: semantically, semantics/semanticist: semanticists USAGE EXAMPLESHow disappointing to see an agency with unsolved problems taking time with semantics. Seattle Times(Nov 08, 2016) You have to pay attention to semantics...nasty woman is really different from "you're so nasty" or "such a nasty person." New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) “Your agency’s focus on semantics creates doubt in our mind that it has learned from its mistakes.” Seattle Times(Nov 04, 2016) 1n the study of language meaning Hypo|Hyper 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 semanticsthe branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning lexical semanticsthe branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words cognitive semantics, conceptual semantics, semasiologythe branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning linguistics the scientific study of language 2n the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text a petty argument about semantics Hyper meaning, substance the idea that is intended |
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