A semantic field is a technical term in the discipline of linguistics to describe a set of words grouped by meaning referring to a specific subject. The term is also used in other academic disciplines, such as anthropology, computational semiotics, and technical exegesis.
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Famous quotes containing the words semantic and/or field:
“Watts need of semantic succour was at times so great that he would set to trying names on things, and on himself, almost as a woman hats.”
—Samuel Beckett (19061989)
“Something told the wild geese
It was time to go.
Though the fields lay golden
Something whisperedSnow.”
—Rachel Lyman Field (18941942)