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'''[[Meaning and use]]'''<br>
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'''Meaning and use'''<br>
 
[[Ambiguity]] -- [[Context dependence]] -- [[Cooperative Principle]] -- [[Felicity condition]] -- [[Fixed-context assumption]] -- [[Gricean maxims]] -- [[Implicature]] -- [[Meaning]] -- [[Meaning postulate]] -- [[Meaning theories]] <br>
 
[[Ambiguity]] -- [[Context dependence]] -- [[Cooperative Principle]] -- [[Felicity condition]] -- [[Fixed-context assumption]] -- [[Gricean maxims]] -- [[Implicature]] -- [[Meaning]] -- [[Meaning postulate]] -- [[Meaning theories]] <br>
'''[[Denotation and reference]]'''<br>
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'''Denotation and reference'''<br>
 
[[Analytic truth]] -- [[Assignment]] -- [[Connotation]] -- [[Cumulative reference]] -- [[Denotation]] -- [[Extension]] -- [[Equivalence]] -- [[Individual constant]] -- [[Individual term]] -- [[Individual variable]] -- [[Intension]] -- [[Koreferenz]]<br>
 
[[Analytic truth]] -- [[Assignment]] -- [[Connotation]] -- [[Cumulative reference]] -- [[Denotation]] -- [[Extension]] -- [[Equivalence]] -- [[Individual constant]] -- [[Individual term]] -- [[Individual variable]] -- [[Intension]] -- [[Koreferenz]]<br>
'''[[Compositionality]]'''<br>
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'''Compositionality'''<br>
 
[[Compositionality Principle]] -- [[Funktionale Applikation]] -- [[Idiom]] -- [[Implicature]] -- [[Interpretation function]]  -- [[Lambda-abstraction]] <br>
 
[[Compositionality Principle]] -- [[Funktionale Applikation]] -- [[Idiom]] -- [[Implicature]] -- [[Interpretation function]]  -- [[Lambda-abstraction]] <br>
'''[[Interpretation and truth]]'''<br>
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'''Interpretation and truth'''<br>
 
[[Axiom]] -- [[Binding]] -- [[Cataphoric relation]] -- [[Contingent truth]] -- [[Contradiction]] -- [[Covert category]] -- [[Dual (semantics)]] -- [[Implication]] -- [[Interpretation function]] -- [[Interpretive rules]] -- [[Katz-Postal-principle]] -- [[Left downward monotonicity]] -- [[Left upward monotonicity]] -- [[Meaning postulate]] -- [[Modal logic]] -- [[Monotonicity]] -- [[Name]] -- [[Negative polarity item]] -- [[Necessary truth]] -- [[Opaque context]] -- [[Rigid designator]]<br>
 
[[Axiom]] -- [[Binding]] -- [[Cataphoric relation]] -- [[Contingent truth]] -- [[Contradiction]] -- [[Covert category]] -- [[Dual (semantics)]] -- [[Implication]] -- [[Interpretation function]] -- [[Interpretive rules]] -- [[Katz-Postal-principle]] -- [[Left downward monotonicity]] -- [[Left upward monotonicity]] -- [[Meaning postulate]] -- [[Modal logic]] -- [[Monotonicity]] -- [[Name]] -- [[Negative polarity item]] -- [[Necessary truth]] -- [[Opaque context]] -- [[Rigid designator]]<br>
'''[[Metalanguage]]'''<br>
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'''Metalanguage'''<br>
[[Atomic formula]] -- [[Aussagenlogik]] -- [[Boolesche Operatoren]] -- [[External negation]] -- [[Formula]] -- [[Internal negation]] -- [[Lambda-abstraction]] -- [[Lambda-operator]] -- [[Meta-variable]] -- [[Narrow scope]]<br>
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[[Atomic formula]] -- [[Aussagenlogik]] -- [[Boolesche Operatoren]] -- [[External negation]] -- [[Formula]] -- [[Internal negation]] -- [[Lambda-abstraction]] -- [[Lambda-operator]] -- [[Metalanguage]] -- [[Meta-variable]] -- [[Narrow scope]]<br>
  
 
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== '''Major branches of semantics''' ==
 
== '''Major branches of semantics''' ==
 
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'''[[Lexical semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Lexical semantics'''<br>
[[Ambiguity]] -- [[Antonym]] -- [[Cohyponym]] -- [[Complementary]] -- [[Holonym]] -- [[Hyperonym]] -- [[Hyponym]] -- [[Kohyponym]] -- [[Lexical ambiguity]] -- [[Meronym]]<br>  
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[[Ambiguity]] -- [[Antonym]] -- [[Cohyponym]] -- [[Complementary]] -- [[Holonym]] -- [[Hyperonym]] -- [[Hyponym]] -- [[Kohyponym]] -- [[Lexical ambiguity]] -- [[Lexical semantics]] -- [[Meronym]]<br>  
'''[[Sentence semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Sentence semantics'''<br>
 
[[Affected object]] -- [[Agent]] -- [[Anomaly]] -- [[Arity]] -- [[Beneficiary]] -- [[Case relation]] -- [[Case role]] -- [[Conditional sentence]] -- [[Declarative sentence]] -- [[Direktive]] -- [[Echo question]] -- [[Equivalence]] -- [[Ergativität]] -- [[Exclamative sentence]] -- [[Experiencer]] -- [[Expressive]] -- [[Homonymy]] -- [[Illocutionary force]] -- [[Imperative]] -- [[Irrealis]] -- [[Jussiv]] -- [[Kāraka]] -- [[Kohortativ]] -- [[Kommissiv]] -- [[Konditional(is)]] -- [[Konjunktiv]] -- [[Kutscherimperativ]] -- [[Modality]] -- [[Mutuant]] -- [[Negation]] -- [[Optativ]]<br>
 
[[Affected object]] -- [[Agent]] -- [[Anomaly]] -- [[Arity]] -- [[Beneficiary]] -- [[Case relation]] -- [[Case role]] -- [[Conditional sentence]] -- [[Declarative sentence]] -- [[Direktive]] -- [[Echo question]] -- [[Equivalence]] -- [[Ergativität]] -- [[Exclamative sentence]] -- [[Experiencer]] -- [[Expressive]] -- [[Homonymy]] -- [[Illocutionary force]] -- [[Imperative]] -- [[Irrealis]] -- [[Jussiv]] -- [[Kāraka]] -- [[Kohortativ]] -- [[Kommissiv]] -- [[Konditional(is)]] -- [[Konjunktiv]] -- [[Kutscherimperativ]] -- [[Modality]] -- [[Mutuant]] -- [[Negation]] -- [[Optativ]]<br>
'''[[Situation semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Situation semantics'''<br>
 
[[Alethische Modalität]] -- [[Epistemische Modalität]] -- [[Event time]] -- [[Internally caused situation]] -- [[Modality]] -- [[Mutual situation]]<br>
 
[[Alethische Modalität]] -- [[Epistemische Modalität]] -- [[Event time]] -- [[Internally caused situation]] -- [[Modality]] -- [[Mutual situation]]<br>
  
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== '''Major approaches to semantic analysis''' ==
 
== '''Major approaches to semantic analysis''' ==
 
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'''[[Cognitive semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Cognitive semantics'''<br>
'''[[Formal semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Formal semantics'''<br>
 
[[Generalized Quantifier Theory]] -- [[Generative Semantics]] -- [[Intensional logic]] -- [[Katz-Fodor-semantics]] -- [[Logical semantics]] -- [[Model (semantics)]] -- [[Montague Grammar]]<br>
 
[[Generalized Quantifier Theory]] -- [[Generative Semantics]] -- [[Intensional logic]] -- [[Katz-Fodor-semantics]] -- [[Logical semantics]] -- [[Model (semantics)]] -- [[Montague Grammar]]<br>
'''[[Structuralist semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Structuralist semantics'''<br>
[[Componential analysis]] -- [[Conceptual structure]]<br>
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[[Componential analysis]] -- [[Conceptual Structure]]<br>
'''[[Prototype semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Prototype semantics'''<br>
'''[[Historical semantics]]'''
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'''Historical semantics'''
  
 
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== '''History of Semantics''' ==
 
== '''History of Semantics''' ==
 
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'''[[Semantics and ancient philosohy]]'''<br>
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'''Semantics and ancient philosohy'''<br>
'''[[Semantics in the 19th century]]'''<br>
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'''Semantics in the 19th century'''<br>
'''[[Semantics in the 20th century]]'''
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'''Semantics in the 20th century'''
  
 
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== '''Lexico-grammatical domains''' ==
 
== '''Lexico-grammatical domains''' ==
 
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'''[[Nominal semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Nominal semantics'''<br>
 
[[Abstract noun]] -- [[Attributive use]] -- [[Bare plural]] -- [[Collective noun]] -- [[Concrete noun]] -- [[Conservativity]] -- [[Count noun and mass noun]] -- [[Definite]] -- [[Definite description]] -- [[Definite description]] -- [[Determiner]] -- [[Dvanda compound]] -- [[Endocentric compound]] -- [[Existential interpretation]] -- [[Exocentric compound]] -- [[Generic interpretation]] -- [[Inalienable possession]] -- [[Mass noun]]<br>
 
[[Abstract noun]] -- [[Attributive use]] -- [[Bare plural]] -- [[Collective noun]] -- [[Concrete noun]] -- [[Conservativity]] -- [[Count noun and mass noun]] -- [[Definite]] -- [[Definite description]] -- [[Definite description]] -- [[Determiner]] -- [[Dvanda compound]] -- [[Endocentric compound]] -- [[Existential interpretation]] -- [[Exocentric compound]] -- [[Generic interpretation]] -- [[Inalienable possession]] -- [[Mass noun]]<br>
'''[[Adjectival semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Adjectival semantics'''<br>
 
[[Extensional adjective]] -- [[Intensional adjective]]<br>
 
[[Extensional adjective]] -- [[Intensional adjective]]<br>
'''[[Verbal semantics]]'''<br>
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'''Verbal semantics'''<br>
 
[[Aspect]] -- [[Aspectual classes]] -- [[Absentive]] -- [[Collective predicate]] -- [[Completive aspect]] -- [[Distributive predicate]] -- [[Factive predicate]] -- [[Inchoative]] -- [[Konjunktiv]]<br>
 
[[Aspect]] -- [[Aspectual classes]] -- [[Absentive]] -- [[Collective predicate]] -- [[Completive aspect]] -- [[Distributive predicate]] -- [[Factive predicate]] -- [[Inchoative]] -- [[Konjunktiv]]<br>
'''[[Semantics of function words]]'''<br>
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'''Semantics of function words'''<br>
 
[[Adversative coordination]] -- [[Anaphoric pronoun]] -- [[Antecedent]] -- [[Conjunction]] -- [[Connective]] -- [[Deictic pronoun]] -- [[Deixis]] -- [[Donkey anaphora]] -- [[Downward monotonicity]] -- [[Focus particle]] -- [[Generalized quantifier]]<br>
 
[[Adversative coordination]] -- [[Anaphoric pronoun]] -- [[Antecedent]] -- [[Conjunction]] -- [[Connective]] -- [[Deictic pronoun]] -- [[Deixis]] -- [[Donkey anaphora]] -- [[Downward monotonicity]] -- [[Focus particle]] -- [[Generalized quantifier]]<br>
  
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== '''Ontological domains''' ==
 
== '''Ontological domains''' ==
 
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'''[[Physical objects]]'''<br>
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'''Physical objects'''<br>
'''[[Properties]]'''<br>
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'''Properties'''<br>
'''[[States of affairs]]'''<br>
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'''States of affairs'''<br>
'''[[Possible worlds]]'''<br>
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'''Possible worlds'''<br>
  
 
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Semantics
This portal presents the most central topics in the study of meaning.

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Meaning and use
Ambiguity -- Context dependence -- Cooperative Principle -- Felicity condition -- Fixed-context assumption -- Gricean maxims -- Implicature -- Meaning -- Meaning postulate -- Meaning theories
Denotation and reference
Analytic truth -- Assignment -- Connotation -- Cumulative reference -- Denotation -- Extension -- Equivalence -- Individual constant -- Individual term -- Individual variable -- Intension -- Koreferenz
Compositionality
Compositionality Principle -- Funktionale Applikation -- Idiom -- Implicature -- Interpretation function -- Lambda-abstraction
Interpretation and truth
Axiom -- Binding -- Cataphoric relation -- Contingent truth -- Contradiction -- Covert category -- Dual (semantics) -- Implication -- Interpretation function -- Interpretive rules -- Katz-Postal-principle -- Left downward monotonicity -- Left upward monotonicity -- Meaning postulate -- Modal logic -- Monotonicity -- Name -- Negative polarity item -- Necessary truth -- Opaque context -- Rigid designator
Metalanguage
Atomic formula -- Aussagenlogik -- Boolesche Operatoren -- External negation -- Formula -- Internal negation -- Lambda-abstraction -- Lambda-operator -- Metalanguage -- Meta-variable -- Narrow scope

Major branches of semantics

Lexical semantics
Ambiguity -- Antonym -- Cohyponym -- Complementary -- Holonym -- Hyperonym -- Hyponym -- Kohyponym -- Lexical ambiguity -- Lexical semantics -- Meronym
Sentence semantics
Affected object -- Agent -- Anomaly -- Arity -- Beneficiary -- Case relation -- Case role -- Conditional sentence -- Declarative sentence -- Direktive -- Echo question -- Equivalence -- Ergativität -- Exclamative sentence -- Experiencer -- Expressive -- Homonymy -- Illocutionary force -- Imperative -- Irrealis -- Jussiv -- Kāraka -- Kohortativ -- Kommissiv -- Konditional(is) -- Konjunktiv -- Kutscherimperativ -- Modality -- Mutuant -- Negation -- Optativ
Situation semantics
Alethische Modalität -- Epistemische Modalität -- Event time -- Internally caused situation -- Modality -- Mutual situation

Major approaches to semantic analysis

Cognitive semantics
Formal semantics
Generalized Quantifier Theory -- Generative Semantics -- Intensional logic -- Katz-Fodor-semantics -- Logical semantics -- Model (semantics) -- Montague Grammar
Structuralist semantics
Componential analysis -- Conceptual Structure
Prototype semantics
Historical semantics

History of Semantics

Semantics and ancient philosohy
Semantics in the 19th century
Semantics in the 20th century

Lexico-grammatical domains

Nominal semantics
Abstract noun -- Attributive use -- Bare plural -- Collective noun -- Concrete noun -- Conservativity -- Count noun and mass noun -- Definite -- Definite description -- Definite description -- Determiner -- Dvanda compound -- Endocentric compound -- Existential interpretation -- Exocentric compound -- Generic interpretation -- Inalienable possession -- Mass noun
Adjectival semantics
Extensional adjective -- Intensional adjective
Verbal semantics
Aspect -- Aspectual classes -- Absentive -- Collective predicate -- Completive aspect -- Distributive predicate -- Factive predicate -- Inchoative -- Konjunktiv
Semantics of function words
Adversative coordination -- Anaphoric pronoun -- Antecedent -- Conjunction -- Connective -- Deictic pronoun -- Deixis -- Donkey anaphora -- Downward monotonicity -- Focus particle -- Generalized quantifier

Ontological domains

Physical objects
Properties
States of affairs
Possible worlds

Associations

Gesellschaft für Semantik

Journals

Journal of Semantics
Semantics and Pragmatics

Book series

Explorations in Semantics (Blackwell)
Syntax and Semantics (Emerald)

Other ressources

Semantics archive
Online-Wörterbuch zur Semantik und Pragmatik

Biographical Articles

Gottlob Frege - John Lyons

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