Semantics: semantic roles and lexical relations

The master class defines basic concepts and ideas in the field of semantics. It starts with a brief overview of what semantics studies and its relation to syntax within the field of linguistics. It also provides definitions of semantic meaning, semantic features, and semantic roles and a variety of examples to illustrate how they relate. The last part of the master class focuses on lexical relations in the system of language and how they reflect the cultural and cognitive diversity of the world we live in.