situation semantics — An approach to semantics that diverges from the orthodox Fregean tradition in assigning states of affairs to sentences as that to which they refer. The approach needs to avoid the argument known as the slingshot, whereby semanticists following… … Philosophy dictionary
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
Situation theory — provides the mathematical foundations to Situation Semantics, and was developed by writers such as Jon Barwise and Keith Devlin in the eighties. Due to certain foundational problems the mathematics was framed in a non well founded set theory. One … Wikipedia
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 — The examination of what words mean; a form of scholarship much applied to the Bible in the second half of the 20th cent. Account is taken of the context and situation of words and phrases; the same word may have different connotations in various… … Dictionary of the Bible
Cognitive semantics — is part of the cognitive linguistics movement. The main tenets of cognitive semantics are, first, that grammar is conceptualisation; second, that conceptual structure is embodied and motivated by usage; and third, that the ability to use language … Wikipedia
Frame semantics (linguistics) — Frame semantics is a theory of linguistic meaning that extends Charles J. Fillmore s case grammar. It relates linguistic semantics to encyclopaedic knowledge. The basic idea is that one cannot understand the meaning of a single word without… … Wikipedia
Theory-based semantics — is a phrase used by Richard L. Ballard to describe knowledge representations that are based on the premise that the binding element of human thought is theory, and that theory constrains the meaning of concepts, ideas and thought patterns… … Wikipedia
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Meta-information in linguistics — Associative Semantics Meta Informative Centering Theory (ASMIC)= The Associative Semantics (AS) theory together with the Meta Informative Centering (MIC) theorymodify and in a consistent way unify two sorts of theories currently admitted in… … Wikipedia
