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Meaning of Semanticsssssss
The Meaning of Semantics According to Cruse (2006), semantics is the major division in treatments of linguistic meaning between semantics and pragmatics (although the term semantics also sometimes has a general sense which covers both). According to homason (!""6), semantics is the stud# of the meaning of
linguistics e$pression. According to %riffiths (2006), semantics is the stud# of word meaning, abstracted awa# from conte$ts of use, is a descriptive subject. According to &aeed, semantics deals with conventional meaning, those aspects of meaning that do not var# much from conte$t to conte$t. 2. The Meaning of Pragmatics According to curse (2000), pragmatics is concerned with aspects of information conve#ed through language which are not encoded b# generall# accepted convention in the linguistic forms used, but which none the less arise naturall# out of and depend on the meanings conventionall# encoded in the linguistic forms used, ta'en in conjunction with the conte$t in which the forms are used. According to &aeed, pragmatics deals with the individual, conte$t dependent usage.