Word of the Day:
semasiology
What It Means
Semantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
Semasiology in Context
“"The early theories of semasiology attempted to account for meaning shifts in language."”
Did You Know?
From Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -ology.
Source and license
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