Semantics
in Indonesian language derived from English semantics, from the Greek Sema
(noun) 'mark': or from the verb samaino 'mark', 'mean'. The term used by
linguists to describe parts of linguistics that studies the meaning.
Semantics
is part of a three-level languages which include phonology, grammar (morphology-syntax)
and semantics. The verb is semaino which means "mark" or "symbolize".
What
is meant by a sign or symbol here as a synonym sema it is a sign of linguistic
(French: signe linguistique) as proposed by Ferdinand de Saussure (1996), which
is comprised of (1) component that defines, tangible forms of sound language
and (2) defined component or the meaning of the first component. Both of these
components is a sign or symbol; whereas marked or dilambanginya is something
which is beyond language, commonly called referent or thing appointed.
The
word semantics can be defined as the science of meaning or of meaning, which is
one of the three level analysis of language: phonology, grammar, and semantics.
In
addition to the term semantics in linguistic history there are also used other
terms such as semiotics, semiology, semasiology, sememik, and semik to refer to
the field of study of the meaning or significance of a sign or symbol. However,
the semantics of the term more commonly used in linguistic studies for other
terms that have the object of broader scope, encompassing the meaning of the
sign or emblem in general.
In
the semantic analysis should also be realized because of the language is
unique, and has a very close relationship with the wearer's culture then the
semantic analysis of a language only applies to the language course, can not be
used to analyze other languages. The language is a cultural product and once
the container conveys the culture of the community languages concerned.
Another
difficulty in analyzing the significance is the fact that it is not always
"the mark" and "marked" relates as one on one, that is to
say, every linguistic sign has only one meaning. Sometimes the relationship is
valid as opposed to two or more; it could be as two or more opponents one.
Example:
1)
girlfriend 'inai'atau lover
2)
books 'sheets of paper bound'
Besides
the speakers a language consists of groups that represent cultural background,
world view, and a different social status, hence the meaning of a word can be
different or have different shades of meaning.
The
views were an assortment of experts mejadikan experts have differences in
interpreting the semantics. Understanding the different semantics is actually
expected to linguistic disciplines to develop an extremely wide-ranging.
1.
Charles Morrist, Suggests that the semantics examine "relations with the
signs of objects which is a container application of these signs."
2.
J.W.M Verhaar; 1981: 9 Suggests that the semantics (English: semantics) means a
theory of meaning or significance theory, namely branch investigating
systematic language meaning or significance.
3.
Lehrer; 1974: 1, Semantics is the study of meaning. For Lehrer, semantics is a
very broad field of study, because it helped offensive aspects of the structure
and function of the language so that it can be connected with psychology,
philosophy and anthropology.
4.
Kambartel (in Bauerk, 1979: 195), semantics assumes that the language consists
of a structure that reveals the meaning when linked to the objects in the world
of human experience.
5.
Britanika Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia Britannica, vol.20, 1996: 313), semantics
is the study of the relationship between a linguistic distinction with the
relationship of mental or symbols in speech activity.
6.
Dr. Mansoer Pateda, Semantics is subdisiplin discuss linguistic meaning.
7.
Abdul Chaer, Semantics is the study of meaning or the meaning. That is one of 3
(three) level of analysis of language (phonology, grammatical and semantic).
In
linguistics, it is the study of interpretation of signs or symbols used in the
institution or the community in specific circumstances and context. In this
view, voice, facial expressions, body language, and proxemics have content
semantics (meaning), and each of which consists of several branches of study.
In written language, things like the structure of paragraphs and punctuation
bear semantic content, other forms of language bore other semantic content.
Formal
studies of semantic overlap with many other areas of investigation, including
lexicology, syntax, pragmatics, etymology and others, though well defined
semantics field in itself, often with synthetic nature. In the philosophy of
language, semantics and references are inextricably linked. Related fields
including philology, communication, and semiotics. Study formal semantics for
being complex.
Semantically
different from the syntax, the study of the language unit combinatorics
(without reference to meaning) and pragmatics, the study of the relationship
between language symbols, meanings, and language.
In
linguistics, semantics is a sub-field devoted to the study of meaning, as
inherent in the level of words, phrases, sentences, and larger units of
discourse (text called). The base area of research is the meaning of the
signs, and the study of the relationship between the different linguistic units
and compounds: homonymy, synonyms, antonyms, hypernymy, hyponymy, meronymy,
metonymy, holonymy, paronyms.
The
main concern is how the meanings attached to the pieces that are larger than
the text, possibly as a result of the composition of smaller units of meaning.
Traditionally, semantics has included the study of meaning and denotative
reference, truth conditions, argument structure, thematic roles, discourse
analysis, and the relationship of all this to the syntax.