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Semantics

The philosophical and scientific study of meaning.

Sometimes considered to be the same thing as semiotics, semology, or semasiology, which have overlapping meanings. This is a relatively new field of study, and several pioneers who largely worked independently of one another each felt the need to coin a new name for the new discipline, resulting in a variety of terms for the same subject.

The word semantics is widely preferred as the name for the doctrine of meaning, particularly linguistic meaning. Semiotics denotes the study of sign-using behaviour in general.

-- Based on britannica.com entry

Sites in Semantics

The Formal Approach to Meaning
Short survey of semantics of natural language by Barbara Abbott, at University of Michigan. Focusses upon Montague semantics, and tries to give a feel for the main open problems in the field.

The Four Basic Ontologies of Semantic Interpretation
Article by Roland Hausser comparing approaches to semantics between linguistics, philosophy and computer science, and classifying them into four kinds depending upon whether or not they are realist, and whether or not they make a sense/reference distinction.

Review of `From Discourse to Logic'
Review by Varol Akman of the book by Hans Kamp and Uwe Reyle.

Review of `Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction'
Published review by Jarol Akman of John Lyon's book.

Approaching Natural Language Via Mediaeval Logic
Article by Gyula Klima.

A Semantics for Durative Adverbials
Article by Cristopher Piñón.

SEMANTIK mailing list
Majordomo based mailing list for semantics organised by the Gesellschaft fuer Semantik.

Gesellschaft fuer Semantik
English homepage of the young academic organisation concered with the semantics of natural languages. Organises the Sinn und Bedeutung workshop and the SEMANTIK mailing list.

Semantics Archive
Scholarly research paper exchange for language semanticists. Browseable by author or date; submission and update forms, users guide.

Concepts in the Lexicon
Report by John F. Sowa, discussing the role of the lexicon in conceptual knowledge.

Dallas-Fort Worth Center for General Semantics
Provides educational materials and resources for promoting mental health and adjustment through self-aware use of language and symbols.

Logical Form in Linguistics
Entry in the MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences, by Robert May.

Semantics - meanings, etymology and the lexicon
This web page is intended for students who are following GCE Advanced level (AS and A2)syllabuses in English Language. This resource may also be of general interest to language students on university degree courses, trainee teachers and anyone with a general interest in language science.

Comparison of inflection and derivation
Compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between inflection and derivation.

movealpha
download linguistic papers about semantics, textlinguistics, hypertext, paradoxes, metaphors, urls, search engines

Research Group Communicative Understanding
Explains pragmatic implication based on Grice's theory of implicit communication and presupposition.

Pichler24: buzzwords and other things
This page is mainly dedicated to the so called buzzwords. It allows the reader to investigate, ask questions, and discuss their meaning.

Layers in the Determiner Phrase
PhD thesis by Roberto Zamparelli, with extensive supporting material and a facility to send online feedback. Investigates semantic parallels to syntactic arguments for Szabolcsi and Abney's `DP-hypothesis'.