2. 1. Semantic and Its Scope
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Symbol and referent
Conceptions of meaning
Words and lexemes
Denotation, connotation, implication
Pragmatics
Ambiguity
Metaphor, simile and symbol
Semantic fields

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Synonym, antonym and hyponym
Collocation, fixed expression and idiom
Semantic change and etymology
Polysemy
Homonymy, homophones and homographs
Lexicology and lexicography
Thesauruses, libraries and Web portals
Epistemology
Colour

4. 2. The Meanings of Meaning
Semantics is a sub discipline of linguistics which
focuses on the study of meaning.
The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence
of Language upon Thought and of the Science of
Symbolism (1923)
The meanings given:
• An intrinsic property
• The other words annexed to a word in the
dictionary
• The connotation of a word

5. • The place of anything in system
• The practical consequenses of a thing in our
future exsperience
• That to which the user of a symbol actually
refers
• That to which the user of a symbol ough to be
referring
• That to which the user of a symbol believes
himself to be referring
• That to which the interpreter of a symbol

6. References
• https://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/allabout-linguistics/branches/semantics/what-issemantics
• Leech, Goeffrey. 1981. Semantic The Study of
Meaning. 1974. Great Britain: Pelican Book.