semantic and pragmatic

cs allows languages to construct complex meanings from the combinations of simpler elements

study of words and their meaning in a language.

sentences that are always true

sentences that are always false / negation of another sentence (contrast)

syntatic ambiguity and lexical ambiguity

syntactically fine but contains semantic violation

nonsense words

sentences that seen to be anomalous but are understood in terms of meaningful concept

phrases w meanings that cannot be predicted

the manner in which the expression presents the reference

referent and sense

got multiple meanings conceptually or historically

a general term for specific instance

alive/dead, present/absent, awake/asleep

big/small, short/tall

giveeceive, buy/sell, employees/employer

words that their own antonym like dust -> scatter particles emove dust.

classifiers, count noun, mass noun

properties that are part of word meanings and the knowledge reflection about the words mean

eventives or statives

live, cry, laugh, stand, wait, sleep, cuz it has no arguments

send, show, tell, teach, bring, give, cuz it has two additional arguments (direct n indirect object)

address, borrow, bring, raise, pay, find, cuz it has an additional argument (direct obj)

attempt to capture similarities and differences in verb meaning that r reflected in argument expression.

agent (who did it), theme (the main thing in that sentence), goal (the goalof that sentence), source (from what), instruments (the thing they use), experiencer (who experience it).

study of words and their meaning in a language with concern of their context.

words or expressions whose referece depend on the situational context

cuz they got their meaning from noun phrase

inference

maxims of quality, quantity, relation and manner

a set of observation that describe how pipol communicate when they want to be properly understood by others,

bet, dare, challenge