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Linguistics

Reference Sources for Semantics

"Semantics is the systematic study of meaning in language. As a discipline, it is directed toward the determination of how humans reason with language, and more specifically, discovering the patterns of inference we employ through linguistic expressions."

Hogan, Patrick Colm. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Below are some key (online) reference works for semantics. 

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Semantics: Key Journals

Journal of Semantics

Journal of Semantics

Journal of Semantics covers all areas in the study of meaning, with a focus on formal and experimental methods. The Journal welcomes submissions on semantics, pragmatics, the syntax/semantics interface, cross-linguistic semantics, experimental studies of meaning (processing, acquisition, neurolinguistics), and semantically informed philosophy of language.