The branch of the study of language concerned with the meaning of words, is called semasiology. The name comes from the Greek semasia – “signification” (from sema ‘sign’ and semantikes ‘significant’). As semasiology deals not with every kind of linguistic meaning but with lexical meaning only, it may be regarded as a branch of lexicology.
The main objects of semasiological study treated in this book are as follows: semantic developments of words, its causes and classification, relevant distinctive features and types of lexical meaning, polysemy and semantic structure of words, semantic grouping and connections in the vocabulary system, i.e. synonyms, antonyms, terminological systems, etc.
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