Semantic analysis (linguistics)

Semantics
Linguistic Logical
Analysis Lexical (lexis lexicology) Statistical Structural Prototype theory Force dynamics Unsolved linguistics problems Theory of descriptions
Computing
Types Denotational Axiomatic Operational Action Categorical Concurrency Game Predicate transformational Theory Abstract interpretation Abstract semantic graph Semantic matching Analysis Latent Machine-learning Applications Semantic file system Semantic Web Semantic wiki
Language Linguistics

In linguistics, semantic analysis is the process of relating syntactic structures, from the levels of phrases, clauses, sentences and paragraphs to the level of the writing as a whole, to their language-independent meanings. It also involves removing features specific to particular linguistic and cultural contexts, to the extent that such a project is possible. The elements of idiom and figurative speech, being cultural, are often also converted into relatively invariant meanings in semantic analysis.

With the availability of enough material to analyze, semantic analysis can be used to catalog and trace the style of writing of specific authors.

See also

• Literal and figurative language
• Translation
• Semantic structure analysis