Steven Pinker

Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the relation of words to reality - the way that speakers commit themselves to a shared understanding of the truth, and the way their thoughts are anchored to things and situations in the world.

Canadian Scientist

Shailene Woodley

Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.

American Actress

Felix Frankfurter

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.

American Judge

John Lanchester

Money is like poetry because both involve learning to communicate in a compressed language that packs a lot of meaning and consequence into the minimum semantic space.

British Journalist

Talulah Riley

Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game.

English Actress

Willard Van Orman Quine

Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.

American Philosopher

Hari Nef

Being a woman is an option, being trans is an option, and they're options that appeal to me. We need to listen to people - not labels, not semantics.

Tom Stoppard

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.

English Dramatist

Len Wein

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.

American Cartoonist

Betty Buckley

If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

Meanings can vary in different contexts; knowing context helps clarify semantic meaning.

Context Matters

Word meanings can evolve, so the semantic content extends beyond just dictionary definitions.

Beyond Dictionary

Semantics can include cultural nuances that aren't immediately obvious to non-native speakers.

Cultural Nuance

In computing, 'semantic' often deals with making sense of data and user interaction.

Tech Savvy

Semantic computing helps machines comprehend human-like meanings of data.

Machine Understanding

Semantic tools create interactive and responsive online experiences.

Interactivity Enhancement

Semantics in philosophy ties language to the nature and existence of reality.

Reality Connection

Philosophical semantics ponders on the meaning and interpretation of words.

Meaningful Philosophy

In philosophy, 'semantic' often refers to abstract and deep meanings beyond surface words.

Abstract Concepts

 This allows you to drag and drop these blocks of semantic code and create any behavior for this robot you want. You do not have to know how to code to create a behavior for Romo. And you can actually simulate that behavior in the browser, which is what you see Romo doing on the left. And then if you have something you like, you can download it onto your robot and execute it in real life,

Keller Rinaudo: A mini...

 of semantic code and create any behavior for this robot you want you do not have to know how to code to create a behavior for Romo and you can actually simulate that behavior in the browser which is what you see Romo doing on the left and then if you have something you like you can download it onto your robot and execute it in real life run the program in real life and then if you have

A mini robot -- powered...

 a bit like we had done for the ancient texts, but not to predict the future onset of psychosis. But then we realized that maybe the most important thing was not so much what they were saying, but how they were saying it. More specifically, it was not in which semantic neighborhoods the words were,

Your words may predict...

 So as you grow older, you don't lose the information of stuff you've learned. So the stuff, your semantic memory. So this is why you've accumulated a body of knowledge and you've got wisdom now, right? Because now you know how it all fits and you can use that wisdom you've collected.

How Your Memory Works --...

 Finally, it needs to understand the semantics, what the different parts of the sentence actually mean. To translate this sentence properly, the program would refer to a different set of vocabulary and rules for each element of the target language. But this is where it gets tricky.

How computers translate...

 but you know, I don't like that word 'heart,' because it anthropomorphizes God, and I don't like the word, 'his,' either, because that sexualizes God." But I didn't want to argue semantics with these boys, so after a very long, uncomfortable pause, I said,

Letting go of God PIPE...

 but when it's repeated, your attention shifts to how the guitarist bends a pitch. This also occurs in language, with something called semantic satiation. Repeating a word like atlas ad nauseam can make you stop thinking about what the word means,

Why we love repetition...

 Well, let's get into those semantics then. What conditions would need to exist for the pandemic to be over? You know, that's a call that officially is made by the World Health Organization. You know, my colleagues and I

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Is...

 became aware of this not only a material entropy this lost the meaning that it exists both materially and also it it's a semantic entropy the more the larger the things I was making the less significant they become

Finding the transformativ...

 Imagine Music XML that actually lets you delve into the semantic structure of music, play with it, understand it. It's no wonder that everybody's getting into it, right? Even the three wise men.