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HI-LING
LINGUISTICS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
UNIT 2: VIOLATION OF MAXIMS
Module 5: Semantics
The study of words and their meaning! In this module you will see how much words can change their meaning and how much that meaning matters! Or not...?
Here you will learn how and why we do semantics, and about one of its sub fields, semiotics.
The relations of meaning that exists between two or more words. What does it mean when one word is "(un)like" another?
The meaning of words beyond their simple meaning. What does a word make us think of when we hear or read it?
The way parts of the sentence, called phrases, and how they work together.
Final Quiz
Questions
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