DEFINITION OF

SEMANTICS
By yoko prayoga
Syntax describes the rules by which words can be combined into sentences, while semantics describes what they mean.

CAMBRIDGE ADVANCED
LEARNER’S DICTIONARY
the study of meanings in a language

Syntax describes the rules by which words can be

combined into sentences,

Semantics describes what they mean.

 ITS STRUCTURE AND USE
FINEGAN, ET AL :173
Semantics has to do with meaning, and linguistic
semantics is the study of the systematic ways in which languages structure
meaning, especially in words and sentences.
 SEMANTICS
PALMER, F .R : 1
• Semantics is technical term used to refer to study of meaning
• Unfortunately, ‘Meaning’ Cover a variety of aspects of language and there
is no very general agreement either about what meaning is or about the
way in which it should be describe