What is the difference between semantics and lexicon?
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(linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
* 2006 , Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, and Kristina Striegnitz, [http://www.learnprolognow.org/lpnpage.php?pagetype=html&pageid=lpn-htmlse32 Learn Prolog Now!] , section 8.1:
The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
The vocabulary of a language.
(linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
(rare) Any dictionary.
The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
In linguistics terms the difference between semantics and lexicon
is that semantics is a branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words while lexicon is a dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.semantics
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(wikipedia semantics) (-)- Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
- In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
- The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
- The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.
Derived terms
* algebraic semantics * axiomatic semantics * computational semantics * denotational semantics * formal semantics * lexical semantics * mathematical semantics * operational semantics * statistical semanticsSee also
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(wikipedia lexicon) (en-noun)- a baseball lexicon