Semantics is the study of meaning. (Lyons, 1977).

• A) Semantics is the study of meaning. (Lyons, 1977).
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Semantics is the study of meaning in language. (Hurford & Heasley 1983).

• A) Semantics is the study of meaning in language. (Hurford & Heasley 1983).
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Semantics is the study of meaning communicated through language. (Saeed, 1997).

• A) Semantics is the study of meaning communicated through language. (Saeed, 1997).
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The part of linguistics that is concerned with meaning. (Löbner, 2002).

• A) The part of linguistics that is concerned with meaning. (Löbner, 2002).
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Linguistic semantics is the study of literal, de-contextualized, grammatical meaning (Frawley, 1992).

• A) Linguistic semantics is the study of literal, de-contextualized, grammatical meaning (Frawley, 1992).
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Linguistic semantics is the study of how languages organize and express meanings (Kreidler, 1998).

• A) Linguistic semantics is the study of how languages organize and express meanings (Kreidler, 1998).
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Language uses a system of linguistic signs, each of which is a combination of meaning and phonological and/or orthographic forms.

• A) Language uses a system of linguistic signs, each of which is a combination of meaning and phonological and/or orthographic forms.
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According to Yule, Semantics is the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences.

• A) According to Yule, Semantics is the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences.
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In semantic analysis, there is always an attempt to focus on what the words conventionally mean, rather than on what an individual speaker might want hearer to mean on a particular occasion.

• A) In semantic analysis, there is always an attempt to focus on what the words conventionally mean, rather than on what an individual speaker might want hearer to mean on a particular occasion.
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From the Greek, ‘sign’. The term semantics was coined by French linguist Michel Bréal (1832-1915), who is commonly regarded as the founder of modern semantics. (Etymology)

• A) Etymology
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It focuses on the relation between signifiers, e.g., words, phrases, signs, and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotation.

• A) It focuses on the relation between signifiers, e.g., words, phrases, signs, and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotation.
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It also tries to understand what meaning is as an element of language and how it is constructed by language as well as interpreted, obscured, and negotiated by speakers and listeners of language. (Semantics)

• A) Semantics
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Semantics is closely linked with another sub discipline of linguistics ‘Pragmatics.’

• A) Semantics is closely linked with another sub discipline of linguistics ‘Pragmatics.’
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However, unlike pragmatics, semantics is a highly theoretical research perspective, and looks at meaning in language in isolation, whereas pragmatics is a more practical subject and is interested in meaning in language in use.

• A) However, unlike pragmatics, semantics is a highly theoretical research perspective, and looks at meaning in language in isolation, whereas pragmatics is a more practical subject and is interested in meaning in language in use.
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The study of meaning within a linguistic system e.g., words and sentences. (Semantics)

• A) Semantics
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The study of signs and symbols, not necessarily linguistic. (Semiotics)

• A) Semiotics
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Iconic sign physically resembles what it stands for (e.g., a picture). (Signs are of three types)

• A) Signs are of three types
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An indexical sign is related with some sensory feature (something directly visible, audible, etc.)

• A) An indexical sign is related with some sensory feature (something directly visible, audible, etc.)
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Symbolic signs have no relation with what they refer to.

• A) Symbolic signs have no relation with what they refer to.
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The relation between signifier and signified is purely conventional and culturally specific, e.g., most words.

• A) The relation between signifier and signified is purely conventional and culturally specific, e.g., most words.
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