Basic Glossary

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Glossary of Basic Semantic Terms

This glossary contains key terms of semantics as they occur in the semantics chapters of introductions to linguistics or in basic introductions to semantics. Our glossary is still under construction.

For more elaborated definitions of the terms you may want to consult:

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

A

• ambiguity (User:KimA)

• antonym (User:Leo)

• anaphora (User:AnKA)

C

• contradiction (User:Katarzyna)
• Complementarity (User:VerenaS)
• Connotation (User:Jennifer Borchert)

D

• Denotation (User:Caterina)

E

• entailment (User:Nicki)
• extension (User:Stephie R.)

F

• formulae (User:Elisabeth.krall)

H

• homograph (User:Lorena)

• homonym (User:FlorianB)

• homophony (User:Anna)

• hyponym (User:Lisa)

• heteronym (User:moonhwa9113)

• hypernym (User:Ulrike)

I

• implicature (User:Slc)

• idiom (User:Elena)

L

• lexical ambiguity (User:KimA)

M

• meronymy (User:Anna P.)

• metaphor (User:Farzad)

N

• negation
• negative concord

P

• Polysemy ( User:Marlene)

• Paraphrase ( Katharina)

• Presupposition ( Katharina D.)

• prototype (User:Lara)

• predicate (User:Marthe)

Q

• quantifiers (User:BorisL)

R

• register (User:Anna Böcher)

S

• structural ambigutiy (User:Marc M)

T

• Types (User:IngoM)