the
study of the meanings of words and
ways in which the meanings
change and
develop. Somebody who was an expert on semantics said to me, one
day, he said, "That's impossible."
-Purpose and Need of Training Drills (5 July 1957) the meanings of words and
ways in which the meanings
change and
develop. I'll give you inTlump
example of this
Orwell's 1984, wonderful changes of semantics, the
change of meanings of words, which went through 1984.
- A Review of Study (22 Sept. 64) the meanings of words and
ways in which the meanings
change and
develop. I'll give you in lump
example of this
Orwell's 1984, wonderful changes of semantics, the
change of meanings of words, which went through 1984.
-A Review of Study (22 Sept. 64) the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a
word, sign, sentence, etc.
general semantics, a philosophical approach to
language developed by
American scientist and writer Alfred
Korzybski (1879 - 1950), exploring the relationship between the
form of
language and its
use, and attempting to improve the
capacity to
express ideas.
the
study of the meanings of words and
ways in which the meanings
change and
develop.