semasiology
Meanings
Plural: semasiologies
Noun
- the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning
- Semantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -ology.
Synonyms
cognitive semantics, conceptual semantics
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