CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the study of meaning in language
A
Heuristics
B
Semantics
C
Algorithms
D
Syntaxims
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Semantics is the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences.

Detailed explanation-2: -semantics, also called semiotics, semology, or semasiology, the philosophical and scientific study of meaning in natural and artificial languages. The term is one of a group of English words formed from the various derivatives of the Greek verb sēmainō (“to mean” or “to signify”).

Detailed explanation-3: -Semantics-the study of linguistic meaning. Pragmatics-the study of how language is used in context.

Detailed explanation-4: -In semantics and pragmatics, meaning is the message conveyed by words, sentences, and symbols in a context. Also called lexical meaning or semantic meaning.

Detailed explanation-5: -Semantics is a sub-discipline of Linguistics which focuses on the study of meaning. Semantics tries to understand what meaning is as an element of language and how it is constructed by language as well as interpreted, obscured and negotiated by speakers and listeners of language.

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