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Semasiology is the branch of linguistics which studies the semantics of linguistic units.
Semantics is the meaning of words, expressions or grammatical forms.
Lexical meaning is the material meaning of a word, i.e. the meaning of the main material part of the word (as distinct from its formal, or grammatical, part), which reflects the concept the given word expresses and the basic proper­ties of the thing (phenomenon, quality, state, etc.) the word denotes.
Grammatical meaning is the meaning of the formal membership of a word expressed by the word’s form, i.e. the meaning of relationship manifested not in the word itself but in the dependent element which is supplementary to its material part.
Main meaning of a word is meaning which to the greatest degree is de­pendent upon or conditioned by its paradigmatic links, while such meanings as display a greater degree of syntagmatic ties are secondary.
Main nominative meaning is the main, direct meaning of a word, imme­diately referring to objects, phenomena, actions and qualities in extralinguistic reality (referent) and reflecting their general understanding by the speaker.
Nominative-derivative meanings are other meanings in a polysemantic word which are characterised by free combinability and are connected with the main nominative meaning.
Sense (semantic component) is the smallest element of the denotative meaning.
Denotative (or denotational) meaning is the conceptual content of the word fulfilling its significative and communicative functions; our experience is conceptualized and classified in it. The denotative meaning of the word mother can be represented in the following way: mother is a female parent. Or the word shepherd: shepherd is a person who takes care of sheep.
Pragmatic (or connotative, connotational) meaning conveys the speak­er’s attitude to the social circumstances and the appropriate functional style, one’s approval or disapproval of the object spoken of, the speaker’s emotions, the degree of intensity. There are four types of connotations: stylistic, emotional, evaluative, intensifying.