Definition of Semasiology. Meaning of Semasiology. Synonyms of Semasiology

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Definition of Semasiology

Semasiology
Semasiology Se*ma`si*ol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? signification + -logy.] (Philol.) The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words.

Meaning of Semasiology from wikipedia

- Semasiology (from Gr****: σημασία, semasia, "signification") is a discipline of linguistics concerned with the question "what does the word X mean?". It...
- of forms of speech". This non-phonetic based technique is studied in semasiology within the field of linguistics. Semasiography predates the advent of...
- study of semantic change can be seen as part of etymology, onomasiology, semasiology, and semantics. AwfulLiterally "full of awe", originally meant "inspiring...
- pentaseme, polyseme, polysemic, polysemous, polysemy, semantics, semap****, semasiology, sematic, seme, sememe, semiotic, tetraseme, triseme semi- half Latin...
- activity etc.) and asks for its names. The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts...
- sometimes divided into two complementary approaches: semasiology and onomasiology. Semasiology starts from words and examines what their meaning is....
- involve both the contextualization of the word(s) and syntactic ambiguity. Semasiology and onomasiology are relevant linguistic disciplines ****ociated with...
- moon. selenomorphology The study of the lunar surface and landscape. semasiology A discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word...
- language Semantologyscience of meanings of words [citation needed] Semasiology – Branch of linguistics about what words mean Semiology – Study of signs...
- who is credited with developing a new branch of linguistics known as "semasiology". He introduced this new discipline because he felt that the study of...