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Chapter 7 Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

Chapter 7 Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning .

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Chapter 7 Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

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  1. Chapter 7Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

  2. Learning a language includes learning the " agreed-upon" meanings of certain strings of sounds and learning how to combine these meaningful units into larger units that also convey meaning. The study of the linguistic meaning of words, phrases, and sentences is called semantics.

  3. woman father girl mare stalk +female +male +female +female +motion +human +human +human -human +slow -young +young +young -young +purposeful +hoarseness +hoaresness +hoaresness +hoaresness +hoaresness

  4. NP NP S The Greek Who were philosophers

  5. NP Art N S The Greeks who were philosophers

  6. S NP VP V NP Jane bit Pronoun herself

  7. S NP VP V S Jane said Comp S NP VP that Pronoun V herself slept

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