Semasiology

Semasiology

Semasiology (from _el. σημαίνω (sēmaino) — indicate, signify) is a discipline within linguistics concerned with the question "what does the word "X" mean?". It studies the meaning of words regardless of their phonetic expression. [ [http://feb-web.ru/feb/slt/abc/lt2/lt2-7632.htm Словарь литературных терминов, семасиология (ru. Dictionary of literary terms, semasiology)] ] Semasiology departs from a word or lexical expression and asks for its meaning, its different senses, i.e. polysemy. The opposite approach is known as onomasiology.

The term was first used by Christian Karl Reisig in 1825 in his "Vorlesungen über lateinische Sprachwissenschaft" (E. "Lectures on Latin Linguistics").

The discipline is most commonly understood as a branch of lexicology, the study of words, and as a branch of semantics, and more narrowly ascribed as a subfield of lexical semantics, though sometimes referred as a semantics' synonym. The meaning of the term is somewhat obscure, because according to some authors semasiology merged with semantics in modern times [ [http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/101/067.htm Semasiologia, Culture at Vologda region] ] , while at the same time the term is still in use when defining onomasiology.

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See also

* Onomasiology


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  • semasiology — noun A discipline within linguistics concerned with the question what does the word X mean? . It studies the meaning of words regardless of their phonetic expression. The early theories of semasiology attempted to account for meaning shifts in… …   Wiktionary

  • semasiology — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek sēmasia meaning, from sēmainein to mean Date: 1847 semantics 1 • semasiological adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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