Semantics
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In the main, semantics (from the Greek and in greek letters "σημαντικός" or in latin letters semantikós, or "significant meaning," derived from sema, sign) is the study of meaning, in some sense of that term. It should not be confused with the general Semantics of Alfred Korzybski, a somewhat different discipline. Semantics is often opposed to syntax, in which case semantics pertains to what something means, while syntax pertains to the formal structure/patterns in which something is expressed (for example written or spoken).
Semantics is distinguished from ontology (study of existence) in being about the use of a word more than the nature of the entity referenced by the word. This is reflected in the argument, "That's only semantics," when someone tries to draw conclusions about what is true about the world based on what is true about a word.
In the main, semantics (from the Greek and in greek letters "σημαντικός" or in latin letters semantikós, or "significant meaning," derived from sema, sign) is the study of meaning, in some sense of that term. It should not be confused with the general Semantics of Alfred Korzybski, a somewhat different discipline. Semantics is often opposed to syntax, in which case semantics pertains to what something means, while syntax pertains to the formal structure/patterns in which something is expressed (for example written or spoken).
Semantics is distinguished from ontology (study of existence) in being about the use of a word more than the nature of the entity referenced by the word. This is reflected in the argument, "That's only semantics," when someone tries to draw conclusions about what is true about the world based on what is true about a word.
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