Importance of Semantics in English Language, Linguistics, Management and Science

Abstract

Semantics, the study of meaning in language, is crucial for clear communication, understanding texts, and developing accurate interpretations. It's vital in linguistics, management, and various scientific fields, impacting language acquisition, cognitive processes, and even how search engines and AI systems function. Semantics is a sub-discipline of Linguistics which focuses on the study of meaning. Semantics tries to understand what meaning is as an element of language and how it is constructed by language as well as interpreted, obscured and negotiated by speakers and listeners of language. Semantics is a branch of linguistics that focuses on how our interpretation of words and phrases changes depending on context. Semantics focuses on both the meaning of individual words (lexical semantics) and the meaning of sentences and phrases (sentential semantics) to understand how words paired together express larger ideas. Semantics is particularly concerned with semantic properties, the inherent features of a word, to understand how we group words together. For example, the words “child,” “puppy,” and “kitten” all describe a younger version of a mammal, so we may group them together.