1. The study of linguistic meaning
Semantics
The study of linguistic meaning

2. Semantics Lexical Compositional ball: He kicked the ball.
I’m having a ball tonight.
He kicked the bucket.

3. Sense vs. Reference

4. Meaning Relationships
Hyponymy
Poodle is a hyponym of Dog; conversely, Dog is hypernym of Poodle

5. Meaning Relationships
Synonymy
Two words are synonyms if they have exactly the same reference.
quick/rapid , sofa/couch

6. Meaning Relationships
Antonymy
Complemntary Antonyms: married/unmarried , alive/dead , win/lose
Gradable Antonyms: wet/dry , easy/hard , love/hate
Reversers (related to movement): right/left , inside/outside , ascent/descent , put together/take apart
Converses (related to opposing point of views): lend/borrow , send/receive , employer/employee

7. Compositional Semantics: Propositions and Truth Values
China is the most populous country in the world
The claim = the proposition
Proposition ( T / F ) = truth value
Truth value is affected by the truth conditions

8. Relationships between Propositions
All dogs park.
Ahmad’s dog park.
1 (T), then 2 is (T) = entailment