Semantics

SEMANTICS:

Semantics is the study of 
meaning. It is a wide
subject within the general
study of language.

Semanticists answer questions (What is the meaning of ‘X’ word). For doing that, they should study which are the existing signs and which of them are meaningful, it is to say, what do they mean for speakers and how listeners interpret the signs, words, expressions, etc.

CONNOTATION:

• Personal or emotional association aroused by words.
• Common usage.
• Childish:Child’s characteristic/ immaturity.

DENNOTATION:

• It is the central meaning of a word or lexeme, as it is described in a dictionary.

AMBIGUITY:

• It occurs when a language element has more than one meaning.