UB 01502:MEANING IN COMMUNICATION CONTEXT

LESSON 2:Study of Meaning

WHAT IS SEMANTICS?

Semantics is the scientific study of meaning communicated through language. Semantics is the study of the relation between form and meaningSemantics is the study of the relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent.

WHAT IS SEMANTICS?

Semantics is the branch of linguistics that deals with the study of meaning, changes in meaning, and the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings.

WHAT IS SEMANTICS?

An understanding of semantics is essential to the study of language acquisition (how language users acquire a sense of meaning, as speakers and writers, listeners and readers).It is also essential to the study of language change (how meanings alter over time).

WHAT IS SEMANTICS?

It is important for understanding language in social contexts, as these are likely to affect meaning, and for understanding varieties of language and effects of style.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 hyponymCollocation, fixed expression and idiomSemantic change and etymologyPolysemyHomonymy, homophones and homographsLexicology and lexicographyThesauruses, libraries and Web portalsEpistemologyColour

In linguistics, semantics is the subfield that is devoted to the study of meaning, as borne on the syntactic levels of words, phrases, sentences, and sometimes larger units of discourse, generically referred to as texts.

To understand language we need to know the meaning of words and the morphemes that compose them. We also must know how the meanings of words combine into phrases and sentence meanings. Finally, we must consider context when determining meaning.

Phonetics studies the physical side of linguistic utterancesthe articulation and perception of speech sounds (articulatory, acoustic and auditory).How to make the sound of /k/ , /g/, /b/, /p/

Phonology is the study of the sound patterns of human language.How the sound of /b/ and /p/ make a difference inEnglish [bad] and [pad], How the sound of /p/ and /d/ make a difference inMalay [apa] and [ada], [katak] and [kotak]

Morphology is the study of the structure of words and the smallest meaning bearing units and how they combine into words.Malay MengasihimeN + kasih + ITermakan (ter+makan) meN,teR,di dllEnglishapples (apple + s) writes (write + s)

Syntax is the study of the formation of sentences, how words are combined to larger units than words, to phrases and sentences that are well-formed strings in a given languageMalay: Ayam makan jagungJagung makan ayamJagung dimakan ayamEnglish: A letter written by JohnJohn writes letter

Semantic is the study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentencesEnglish:This room is hot.It is taking about the high temperature in the room

Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning.English: This room is hotIn other words: -please open the windows-please on the fan-who switch off the air-con?

JOURNAL 22 examples of phonological differences in Malay and English2 example of morphological differences in Malay and English 2 example of syntax differences in Malay and English 2 example of semantic differences in Malay and English2 example of pragmatic differences in Malay and English