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Chapter 7 Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning .
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Learning a language includes learning the " agreed-upon" meanings of certain strings of sounds and learning how to combine these meaningful units into larger units that also convey meaning. The study of the linguistic meaning of words, phrases, and sentences is called semantics.
woman father girl mare stalk +female +male +female +female +motion +human +human +human -human +slow -young +young +young -young +purposeful +hoarseness +hoaresness +hoaresness +hoaresness +hoaresness
NP NP S The Greek Who were philosophers
NP Art N S The Greeks who were philosophers
S NP VP V NP Jane bit Pronoun herself
S NP VP V S Jane said Comp S NP VP that Pronoun V herself slept