Auto semantic
The autosemantic (also autosemanticon or content word ) is a lexeme (basic unit of vocabulary) which, in contrast to a synsemantic, has a context- independent and independent lexical meaning. Even when mentioned in isolation, auto semantics allow conclusions to be drawn about what is being referred to.
Word meaning
The word autosemantic comes from the Greek αὐτός (autós) 'self' and σῆμα (sẽma) 'sign'.
Classification of the auto semantics
Parts of speech that can contain autosemantics are nouns , verbs , adjectives , adverbs . There are also elements in these that are synsemantics, e.g. B. auxiliary verbs. Articles , conjunctions , subjunctions and prepositions, on the other hand, are usually synsemantic. Erben also regards the pronouns as synsemantics.
More synonyms
- Category
- Meaning word
- Conceptual word
- Full word
- auto semantic word
literature
- Helmut Glück (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon Language . 4th edition. Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2010, ISBN 3-476-02335-4 .
- Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.) With the collaboration of Hartmut Lauffer: Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. 4th, revised and bibliographically supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-520-45204-7 .
Web links
Wiktionary: Autosemantikum - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes Erben: German Grammar. A demolition. 12th edition. Hueber, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-19-001713-1 , p. 211.