TY - CHAP
T1 - Semantics
AU - La Mantia, Francesco
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - There are many different ways of defining the word “semantics”. For instance, according to Eco (2017: 550–551), it is possible to distinguish at least five senses of semantics. That is to say:a. Semantics as the study of the meaning of terms removed from any context [...];b. Semantics as the study of content systems or structural semantics [...];c. Semantics as the study of the relation between term (or sentence) and referent,or as the study of reference [...];d. Semantics as the study of the truth conditions of propositions expressed bysentences;e. Semantics as the study of the particular meaning that terms or sentences assumein context or in the text as a whole [...];With particular reference the last sense, we will try to examine two key concepts ofsemantic analysis: the concept of compositionality and this one of semantic potential.
AB - There are many different ways of defining the word “semantics”. For instance, according to Eco (2017: 550–551), it is possible to distinguish at least five senses of semantics. That is to say:a. Semantics as the study of the meaning of terms removed from any context [...];b. Semantics as the study of content systems or structural semantics [...];c. Semantics as the study of the relation between term (or sentence) and referent,or as the study of reference [...];d. Semantics as the study of the truth conditions of propositions expressed bysentences;e. Semantics as the study of the particular meaning that terms or sentences assumein context or in the text as a whole [...];With particular reference the last sense, we will try to examine two key concepts ofsemantic analysis: the concept of compositionality and this one of semantic potential.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/481227
M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
SN - 978-3-030-51323-8
T3 - LECTURE NOTES IN MORPHOGENESIS
SP - 459
EP - 463
BT - Glossary of Morphology
ER -