Jelentéstani

Jelentéstani is a Hungarian term that translates to "semantics" in English. It is the linguistic study of meaning. This field of linguistics investigates how meaning is conveyed and interpreted in language. Jelentéstani examines various aspects of meaning, including the meanings of individual words (lexical semantics), the meanings of sentences (sentential semantics), and how context influences meaning (pragmatics).

The study of jelentéstani seeks to understand the relationship between words, phrases, and their referents in the real world or in abstract conceptual spaces. It explores how different senses of a word can be distinguished, how words combine to create larger meanings, and how meaning can change over time or across different dialects. Key concepts within jelentéstani include denotation (the literal meaning of a word) and connotation (the emotional or cultural associations of a word).

Furthermore, jelentéstani investigates semantic relationships such as synonymy (words with similar meanings), antonymy (words with opposite meanings), and hyponymy (a hierarchical relationship where one word's meaning is included in another, like "dog" being a hyponym of "animal"). This branch of linguistics is crucial for understanding communication, translation, and the very nature of human thought and expression.