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