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SEMANTICS

SEMANTICS
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semantics as we know it is a theory concerned with meanings as expressed in signs, symbols, words and other means of communication. Semantics as it deals with words, studies changing forms of meaning and definitions by comparison to other significances and meanings. This can have as many variables as there are words. (FBDL 449)
SEMANTICS
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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 Dynamics of Life Glossary Final approval 30.3.90
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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.