Geoffrey leech: semantics is the study of meaning in its own right. It is mistaken to try to define meaning in terms of other sciences, he says. In the latter sense, semantics can lead us to 'knowledge of the "real world"' but semantics in the latter, narrower sense, can lead to 'tampering with language', he writes.
Geoffrey leech: semantics is the study of meaning in its own right. It is mistaken to try to define meaning in terms of other sciences, he says. In the latter sense, semantics can lead us to 'knowledge of the "real world"' but semantics in the latter, narrower sense, can lead to 'tampering with language', he writes.
Geoffrey leech: semantics is the study of meaning in its own right. It is mistaken to try to define meaning in terms of other sciences, he says. In the latter sense, semantics can lead us to 'knowledge of the "real world"' but semantics in the latter, narrower sense, can lead to 'tampering with language', he writes.