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• Semantics — is the study of meaning in communication. The word derives from Greek σημαντικός ( semantikos ), significant , [cite web|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2393797|title=Semantikos, Henry… …   Wikipedia

• semantics — 1> семантика 2> пустословие; бессодержательное красноречие Ex: it is just an exercise in semantics это все пустые слова …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• semantics — noun; ling. семантика …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• semantics — index meaning Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• semantics — semanticist /si man teuh sist/, semantician /see man tish euhn/, n. /si man tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. Ling. a. the study of meaning. b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form. 2.… …   Universalium

• semantics — General semantics Gen er*al sem*an tics, n. (1933) a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879 1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Semantics — Sem*an tics, n. sing. or pl. [Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign.] 1. the study of the meanings of words and of the sense development of words; formerly called {semasiology}. [PJC] 2. a doctrine and philosophical approach to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• semantics — sɪˈmæntɪks сущ.; линг. семантика general semantics generative semantics семантика пустословие; бессодержательное красноречие it is just an exercise in * это все пустые слова operational вчт. операционная семанти …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• semantics — Semasiology Se*ma si*ol o*gy, n. [Gr. shmasi a signification + logy.] (Philol.) The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words; more commonly referred to as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• semantics — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1893 1. the study of meanings: a. the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development …   New Collegiate Dictionary