Semantics (from Ancient Greek: σημαντικός sēmantikós, "significant") is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, like words, phrases, signs, and symbols, and what they stand for; their denotation. Linguistic semantics is the study of meaning that is used for understanding human expression through language. Other forms of semantics include the semantics of programming languages, formal logics, and semiotics. In international scientific vocabulary semantics is also called semasiology.
The word semantics was first used by Michel Bréal a French philologist, itself denotes a range of ideas—from the popular to the highly technical. It is often used in ordinary language for denoting a problem of understanding that comes down to word selection or connotation. This problem of understanding has been the subject of many formal enquiries, over a long period of time, especially in the field of formal semantics. In linguistics, it is the study of the interpretation of signs or symbols used in agents or communities within particular circumstances and contexts. Within this view, sounds, facial expressions, body language, and proxemics have semantic (meaningful) content, and each comprises several branches of study. In written language, things like paragraph structure and punctuation bear semantic content; other forms of language bear other semantic content.
In programming language theory, semantics is the field concerned with the rigorous mathematical study of the meaning of programming languages. It does so by evaluating the meaning of syntactically legal strings defined by a specific programming language, showing the computation involved. In such a case that the evaluation would be of syntactically illegal strings, the result would be non-computation. Semantics describes the processes a computer follows when executing a program in that specific language. This can be shown by describing the relationship between the input and output of a program, or an explanation of how the program will execute on a certain platform, hence creating a model of computation.
Formal semantics, for instance, helps to write compilers, better understand what a program is doing and to prove, e.g., that the following if statement
has the same effect as S1 alone.
The field of formal semantics encompasses all of the following:
Semantics was a 1983 EP by iconic Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The album marked a change in the line-up of the band as Bill McDonough (drums) was replaced first by Graham Bidstrup (ex-The Angels, The Party Boys with Crawl member James Reyne) to record the EP. The more permanent replacement, after the EP, was John Watson (Kevin Borich Express).
The EP contains their best known song and only number 1 single, "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (aka "She Don't Like That") which was written by lead singer Reyne. Listeners of Triple M voted "Reckless" the 39th best song of all time in 2007, it was the highest placed Australian Crawl song.
In the United States and Europe Semantics was released in 1984 by Geffen Records as an expanded version LP featuring the EP's four original tracks plus re-recorded versions of six earlier Australian Crawl songs. The original EP was also re-released as a CD-EP in 1996.
Australian Crawl performed "Reckless" as one of their three songs for the Oz for Africa concert (1985). This was the Australian leg of the global Live Aid show organised by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. The "Oz for Africa" concert was broadcast on MTV, but only performances by Australian band INXS were placed on the 20th Anniversary DVD collection.
Sure hope you enjoy the conversation
Hope it was worth aggravating me
This guy is in line for my lady
If I could alter time just to change a situation
I hope one day you'll find the truth
About those two
The best friend and the lover
You'll soon discover that they never told you a God damn thing
It's been years since I've seen you
And I think it's about time that you knew
Everything you were denied and refuse
Will be coming back to haunt you
Double-crossed
Betrayed
You were lied to
And deceived
I made mistakes but I'm taking them back now
Dead set, caught up on my way out
Don't you know, for crying out loud
That this is so hard
Sure hope you enjoy the conversation
Hope it was worth aggravating me
This guy is in line for my lady
If I could alter time just to change a situation
What? You can't think, are you kidding me?
This influential third-party catastrophe
Has got you so wrapped up that you can't breathe
Or even speak to me
Double-crossed
Betrayed
I made mistakes but I'm taking them back now
Dead set, caught up on my way out
Don't you know, for crying out loud
That this is so hard
I've made mistakes but I'm taking them back now
Dead set, caught up on my way out
Don't you know, for crying out loud
That this is so hard
I'll politely decline
These words taste like poison
I'll politely decline
These words taste like poison
I made mistakes but I'm taking them back now
Dead set, caught up on my way out
Don't you know, for crying out loud
That this is so hard
I've made mistakes but I'm taking them back now
Dead set, caught up on my way out
Don't you know, for crying out loud
That this is so hard
(I'll politely decline
These words taste like poison)
I'll politely decline
Semantics (from Ancient Greek: σημαντικός sēmantikós, "significant") is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, like words, phrases, signs, and symbols, and what they stand for; their denotation. Linguistic semantics is the study of meaning that is used for understanding human expression through language. Other forms of semantics include the semantics of programming languages, formal logics, and semiotics. In international scientific vocabulary semantics is also called semasiology.
The word semantics was first used by Michel Bréal a French philologist, itself denotes a range of ideas—from the popular to the highly technical. It is often used in ordinary language for denoting a problem of understanding that comes down to word selection or connotation. This problem of understanding has been the subject of many formal enquiries, over a long period of time, especially in the field of formal semantics. In linguistics, it is the study of the interpretation of signs or symbols used in agents or communities within particular circumstances and contexts. Within this view, sounds, facial expressions, body language, and proxemics have semantic (meaningful) content, and each comprises several branches of study. In written language, things like paragraph structure and punctuation bear semantic content; other forms of language bear other semantic content.
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