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MEANING
- Meaning most commonly refers to:
- Meaning (linguistics) , meaning which is communicated through the use of language
- Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning
- involves the distinction between sense and reference.
- Lexical semantics is the branch of semantics that studies word meaning.
- Phrasal semantics ( phenomenon of compositionality or how new meanings can be created by arranging words )
- Formal semantics ( based on mathematics and logic )
- Meaning (non-linguistic), a general term of art to capture senses of the word meaning, independent from its linguistic uses
- Meaning (philosophy), definition, elements, and types of meaning discussed in philosophy * Idea theory of meaning * The meaning of life, the significance, purpose, or worth of human existence * Meaning may also refer to: * Meaning (psychology), epistemological position, in psychology as well as philosophy, linguistics, semiotics and sociology * [[:hi:meaning_semiotics | Meaning (semiotics) , the distribution of signs in sign relations
- Meaning (existential) , the meaning of life in contemporary existentialism
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