A Review by ADE
GUSTIA PUTRI
Title : WHAT IS SEMANTICS?
Page : 11
Posted by JULIA LOPEZ
at academia.edu
This
article give us the material of Semantics in general, this following are some important things in the Julia’s post.
Semantics is
the study of meaning. It is a wide subject within the general study of
language. An understanding of semantics is essential to the study of language acquisition and of language
change. It is important for understanding language in social contexts, as these are likely to affect meaning, and
for understanding varieties of English and effects of style. It is thus one of
the most fundamental concepts in linguistics.
The study of
semantics includes the study of how meaning is constructed,
interpreted, clarified, obscured, illustrated, simplified negotiated,
contradicted and paraphrased.
Some
important areas of semantic theory or related subjects include these:
- Symbol and referent
- Conceptions of meaning
- Words and lexemes
- Denotation, connotation, implication
- Pragmatics
- Ambiguity
- Metaphor, simile and symbol
- Semantic fields
- 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
In this article, we will find explanations below of how each
of these relates to the theoretical study of semantics.
Review….
WHAT IS SEMANTICS? is an article or journal was posted by Julia
Lopez at academia.edu and there are 11 pages on one file. This article is great
for students who are studying Semantics Course for the first time. It tells us
about how meaning is obtainable, (how language users acquire a sense of meaning, as
speakers and writers, listeners and readers), and also how meanings alter over
time. Not only that, this article give us explanation of important area in
semantics along with more examples.
The writer provides the explanation of semantics
in easily and clearly English language. We can understand it quickly and know
about WHAT IS SEMANTICS, Some important part of semantics, etc.
But, Ms.Lopez’s Post too long. There are
theories that I still confused in some part of her writing although I try read
more. Because, the writer so many give different watermark such as red and maroon
colour in many part of words. Also, there is discrepancy which the sub-title
writings is smaller than the contents.
Overall, this journal has many advantages for
the readers, we just need to read other book/article/journal to support our
knowledges.
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