Semantic Field

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.

Read more about Semantic Field:  Definition and Usage, History, Semantic Shifts, Anthropological Discourse

Famous quotes containing the words semantic and/or field:

    Watt’s 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 (1906–1989)

    Something told the wild geese
    It was time to go.
    Though the fields lay golden
    Something whispered—”Snow.”
    —Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942)