jelentésköréhez

jelentésköréhez is a linguistic concept referring to a word’s relation to the semantic field to which its meaning belongs. In lexical semantics, a semantic field (jelentéskör) is a cluster of related words that share a common domain or set of features, such as animals, colors, or tools. The expression jelentésköréhez highlights how a particular lexeme fits within or draws meaning from that broader field.

Membership in a semantic field is not exclusive or fixed. Many words belong to multiple fields depending on context, metaphorical usage, or domain shift. For example, common terms for living beings form the field of állatok (animals), including words like kutya (dog), macska (cat), és nyúl (rabbit). Some senses of a word may align with one field while others extend to another, illustrating polysemy and semantic drift over time. Determining a word’s jelentésköréhez often involves examining core semantic features, collocations, and typical contexts, as well as language users’ intuitions about related terms.

In practice, the concept is used in lexicography, language teaching, and natural language processing. Dictionaries may group related entries by semantic field to help learners grasp thematic vocabulary and semantic relations. In NLP, identifying a word’s semantic field can aid in word sense disambiguation, semantic similarity assessments, and semantic network building. Overall, jelentésköréhez provides a framework for understanding how individual meanings anchor and interact within broader domains of language.