semantics

言葉の意味の問題、言葉の解釈

基本的な考えは同じでも、個々の言葉の意味について生じる違い。

やさしい英語で： Differences in what particular words mean, especially when people agree about the basic idea.

• Our disagreement is mostly about semantics.
• They argued over semantics rather than the actual plan.
• Whether we call it a fee or a charge is a matter of semantics.

よく使う表現： argue over semantics, matter of semantics, debate about semantics

意味論

単語や文がどのように意味を表すかを研究する学問。

やさしい英語で： The study of how words and sentences express meaning.

• She studies semantics at university.
• Our semantics course examines how sentences express meaning.
• His research connects semantics with the study of the mind.

よく使う表現： study semantics, course in semantics, linguistic semantics

意味、意味内容

単語や文などの言葉が表す意味。

やさしい英語で： The meaning or meanings expressed by a word, sentence, or other part of language.

• The semantics of this word have changed.
• Context helps us understand the semantics of the sentence.
• The two expressions have similar semantics but different grammar.

使い方： the semantics of something (The semantics of this ancient phrase remain uncertain.)

類義語： meaning

よく使う表現： semantics of something, word semantics, sentence semantics

些細なこと、揚げ足取り

重要でない、あるいは議論するほどではないと考えられる細かな点。

やさしい英語で： Small details that someone considers unimportant or not worth arguing about.

• Forget that detail; it's just semantics.
• He dismissed the disagreement as mere semantics.
• To her, the difference was semantics and did not affect the result.

類義語： trivia, trivialities

よく使う表現： just semantics, mere semantics, dismiss as semantics