A word that has been bothering me for some time now, simply because it can cause huge misunderstandings.
Today I finally decided to check it out.
Semantics appears in linguistics and logic, and is basically concerned with meaning. So we have--
Lexical semantics which deals with the study of meaning and is concerned with the analysis of the meanings of words, changes in meaning and in the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings
and
Logical semantics which is the study of interpretations of a formal theory, that is, a study of principles that determine the truth or falsehood of sentences in the theory, or of references of its terms, signs, or symbols; and matters such as presupposition and implication.
Point to remember: Be careful with words - they too have a life!!
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