APA Dictionary of Psychology
semanticity
- n.
- the property of language that allows it to represent events, ideas, actions, and objects symbolically, thereby endowing it with the capacity to communicate meaning. According to Roger Brown, it is one of the formal properties of language. See productivity.
- in nonhuman animal communication, the meaning conveyed through vocalizations (e.g., alarm calls).
Updated on 04/19/2018
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