different between semasiology vs semantics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (s?masía, “the meaning of a word”) + -????? (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”), from ??????? (s?maín?, “I show by a sign, signify”), from ???? (sêma, “a mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?si?me?s???l?d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?me?si??l?d?i/

Noun

semasiology (usually uncountable, plural semasiologies)

1. (linguistics) Semantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
   • 2001, Federica Busa, et al., The Language of Word Meaning

     "The early theories of semasiology attempted to account for meaning shifts in language."

   • 2002, Nicolas Slonimsky, et al., The Listener's Companion: Great Composers and Their Works.

     It must be left to students of musical semasiology to account for the psychological association that exists between the spiritual concept of goodness and saintliness and the notational accident of the absence of sharps and flats in the key signature, which results in the 'whiteness' of the music.

Usage notes

The term "semasiology" was introduced before 1829 by K. Reisig. It predates the term semantics and originally meant what "semantics" has come to mean. At this point, the term "semantics" is more common, and various attempts have been made to differentiate the two words by giving "semasiology" a narrower meaning. The narrower meanings currently in use include: The study of historical semantic change, cognitive semantics, lexical semantics, and those aspects of semantics other than onomasiology. However, there is no universal consensus on which, if any, of the narrower meanings are accepted.

Coordinate terms

• onomasiology

Derived terms

• semasiological
• semasiologist

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Further reading

• semasiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• semasiology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• semasiology at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek ?????????? (s?mantikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??mænt?ks/

Noun

semantics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. [1893]

2. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

4. (computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

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See also

• Appendix:Glossary of semantics

Further reading

• semantics at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amnestics