Associations to the word «Semasiology»

Wiktionary

SEMASIOLOGY, noun. (linguistics) Semantics; A discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.

Dictionary definition

SEMASIOLOGY, noun. The branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky