Semantics study the meaning of words, sentences, linguistics expression in a language with out the context.
General semantics involves such language concerns, but also involves much broader issues. Using general semantics, we're concerned with understanding how we evaluate, with the inner life of each individual, with how each of us experiences and makes sense of our experiences, with how we use language and how language 'uses' us. While we're interested in what the word 'unicorn' refers to and how a dictionary might define it, we have more interest in the person using the word, with the kind of evaluating that might lead people to look for unicorns in their back yards. Do they think that they have found some? Do they re-evaluate their search when they don't find any? Do they investigate how they came to be looking for unicorns? How are they experiencing the search? How do they talk about it? How are they experiencing the process of evaluating what has happened?
Grammar and composition. (2013) About.com. Recovered by http://grammar.about.com
General semantics involves such language concerns, but also involves much broader issues. Using general semantics, we're concerned with understanding how we evaluate, with the inner life of each individual, with how each of us experiences and makes sense of our experiences, with how we use language and how language 'uses' us. While we're interested in what the word 'unicorn' refers to and how a dictionary might define it, we have more interest in the person using the word, with the kind of evaluating that might lead people to look for unicorns in their back yards. Do they think that they have found some? Do they re-evaluate their search when they don't find any? Do they investigate how they came to be looking for unicorns? How are they experiencing the search? How do they talk about it? How are they experiencing the process of evaluating what has happened?
Grammar and composition. (2013) About.com. Recovered by http://grammar.about.com
