conceptual semantics

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   the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning

   Synonymscognitive semanticssemasiology

   Broadersemantics

Questions about conceptual semantics

What does conceptual semantics mean?

conceptual semantics means "the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning".

What is another word for conceptual semantics?

Close synonyms include cognitive semantics, semasiology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conceptual semantics a common word?

conceptual semantics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.