semantics

  SEMANTICS

                                             

      

         semantics is the study of meaning. semantics very important part of linguistics that study words meaning  and their relations in the language. But, how each language provides words and idioms for fundamental concepts and ideas (lexical semantics)
  

          how the parts of a sentence are integrated into the basis for understanding its meaning (compositional semantics), and how our assessment of what someone means on a particular occasion depends not only on what is actually said but also on aspects of the context of its saying and an assessment of the information and beliefs we share with the speaker.

Example of semantics

1. multiple  meaning
    like word watch = (jam tangan) and watch= (nonton) . they are same word but meaning different.

2.  words without meaning
    advertisers  use certain words, some without any real meaning at all. to convey certain impression, for   examples :
1. cleans like a white tornado
2. go for the gusto
 
3. words that are plays on words
       words can be a pun, a play on word. for example:
   are you going the wrong weight.

     now you can see more about words and how the study of words throught semantics provides a better understanding of the meaning of the words.

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