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Theory of Semantics
Theory of Semantics
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semantics
1 the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with
meaning
2 formal semantics is logical
problems
componential semantic
theory decomposition
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meaning of a word is
[+ human] [+ human]
specified by smaller
[- female] [- female]
semantic components [+ adult] [- adult]