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Semantics - Coggle Diagram
Semantics
Types of Semantics
Cognitive
Understanding through general human cognition
Computational
Use of algorithms and architectures to examine how linguistic meaning is processed
Conceptual
Analyses conceptual elements that allow understanding of words and sentences
Denotative: literal, dictionary definition
Connotative: added meaning via emotions, experiences or thoughts
Cross-cultural
Universal meanings, differences/similarities between languages or cultures
Formal
Uses symbolic logic, philosophy and math to speculate the meanings for natural and artificial languages
Lexical
meanings of words, how're they created through context, sentence break down to study root words,noun,verbs, adjectives, idioms, and how they're arranged
Truth-conditional
Associates each sentence of natural language with a meta-language conditional under which it's true
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https://www.supersummary.com/semantic-in-literature-definition-examples/
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https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/examples-semantics-meaning-types
investigates how language users interpret and understand linguistic expressions
context, background knowledge, and pragmatic factors
is the study of meanings in a language
words, phrases, and sentences