Semantics: definitions of meaning

Semantics and meaning are inseparable terms as they are closely related. The definition of semantics used in the present paper was taken from Kempson (1977). According to his description, ‘semantics has, until recently, been the Cinderella of linguistics, a branch of the subject which many scholars thought was not amenable to such rigorous methods of evaluation.’ (1977: 2) Almost all the authors describe semantics similarly. For instance, Löbner defines this study as ‘(…) the part of linguistics that is concerned with meaning.’ (2002: 3) Later in his book he offers an exact definition of semantics.
(2002: 10)
Semantics is the study of the meanings of linguistic expressions, either simple or complex, taken in isolation. In further accounts for the way utterance meaning, i.e., the meaning of an expression used in a concrete of utterance, is related to expression of meaning.
I have already mentioned that semantics and meaning are inseparable parts of linguistics. Since I have provided the definition of semantics, I would like to introduce types of meaning relationships, too. The definition was taken from Jannedy et al. (1994: 220). Jannedy et al. claim that ‘(…) the most studied types of semantic relationships between words are synonymy, homonymy, antonymy (…). ’
There are several types of meaning. These are some of them taken from Ginzburg et al. (1979). According to them, the most often studied types of meaning are lexical (which consists of denotational and connotational meaning), grammatical and part-of-speech meaning.
In this term-paper semantics will be understood as the study of meaning. Some words will be written about the history of semantics and some scientists who studied it. Later, some information about most studied types of semantic relationships will be given. Moreover, several types of meaning will be discussed in this work. Obviously, the most popular issue among linguists who investigate semantics -...

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