Meanings in communication go beyond

Meanings in communication go beyond Lexical semantics.

Key PointsLexical semantics:

• Lexical semantics is a subfield of linguistics that focuses on the study of word meanings and how words convey meaning in language.
• It is concerned with the ways in which words are used to represent and communicate meaning, and how word meanings are organized and structured in the mental lexicon, which is the mental repository of a speaker's knowledge of words and their meanings.

Lexical semantics involves the analysis of word meanings at different levels, including:

• Word sense
• Word reference
• Word connotation
• Word relations
• Word formation

Lexical semantics is an important area of study in linguistics, as it provides insights into how language users understand and use words to convey meaning.

Additional Information

• Understanding refers to the cognitive process of comprehending or making sense of information or concepts.
• Knowledge refers to the understanding, awareness, or familiarity that an individual possesses about facts, information, concepts, skills, or experiences, acquired through learning, experience, or observation. 
• Internalization refers to the process by which individuals acquire and incorporate external information, values, beliefs, norms, or behaviors into their own internal mental and cognitive structures.