semantics; study of linguistic meaning
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semantics; the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of meaning in words, phrases, and sentences
formalTechnical term used in linguistics, philosophy of language, and computational fields. Covers areas such as lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and formal semantics.
Yǔ语
yì义
xué学
shì是
yǔ语
yán言
xué学
de的
yī一
gè个
zhòng重
yào要
fēn分
zhī支
。
Semantics is an important branch of linguistics.
Tā他
zhèng正
zài在
dà大
xué学
gōng攻
dú读
xíng形
shì式
yǔ语
yì义
xué学
。
He is currently studying formal semantics at the university.
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Rèn认
zhī知
yǔ语
yì义
xué学
guān关
zhù注
gài概
niàn念
jié结
gòu构
yǔ与
yǔ语
yán言
yì意
yì义
de的
guān关
xi系
。
Cognitive semantics focuses on the relationship between conceptual structure and linguistic meaning.