Definition of Semasiology

1. Noun. The branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning.

Exact synonyms: Cognitive Semantics, Conceptual Semantics
Generic synonyms: Semantics

Definition of Semasiology

1. n. The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words.

Definition of Semasiology

1. Noun. (linguistics) A discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression. ¹

2. Noun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semasiology

1. [n -GIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semasiology

semaphore plant
semaphored
semaphores
semaphoric
semaphorical
semaphorically
semaphorin
semaphoring
semaphorins
semaphorist
semaphorists
semasiographic
semasiography
semasiological
semasiologies
semasiology (current term)
semata
sematic
sematology
sematrope
sematropes
semblable
semblables
semblably
semblance
semblances
semblant
semblants
semblative
semblaunce

Literary usage of Semasiology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"With this phase of analogy, semasiology— the science which traces the develop- ment of the meaning or words — is closely connected. ..."

2. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1895)
""With this phase of analogy semasiology—the science which traces the development of the meaning of words—is closely connected. This science also is only in ..."

3. The Negative Compounds in Greek by Hollister Adelbert Hamilton (1899)
"semasiology OF THE NEGATIVE COMPOUNDS. The simplest and readiest theory for the entrance of the negative into language is the assumption that the negative ..."

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