Semantics an Intro

The word 'semantics' originates from...

• Spanish

• Roman

• Greek

• Russian

Today semantics is free from...

• Historical bias

• Language

• Structure

• Pejorative sense

The study of semantics covers a wide range of concepts such as how meaning is -------,interpreted,clarified,obscured and paraphrased.

Semantics also helps us to understand processes such as ..... and language change

• symbol

• referent

• language acquisition

To get clear idea about semantics we have to understand two related terms

• Symbol

• Culture

• Meaning

• Referent