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What Is The Difference Between Semantic and Syntax?: Study of The Meaning of Sentences, It

Semantics refers to the meaning and interpretation of language, including words, phrases, sentences and symbols. It involves understanding how context affects meaning. Syntax refers to the rules and structure of language, including the arrangement of words, phrases and sentences. While semantics focuses on meaning, syntax focuses on grammatical structure and order. Some key differences are that semantics studies meaning, while syntax studies structure and rules of languages.

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What Is The Difference Between Semantic and Syntax?: Study of The Meaning of Sentences, It

Semantics refers to the meaning and interpretation of language, including words, phrases, sentences and symbols. It involves understanding how context affects meaning. Syntax refers to the rules and structure of language, including the arrangement of words, phrases and sentences. While semantics focuses on meaning, syntax focuses on grammatical structure and order. Some key differences are that semantics studies meaning, while syntax studies structure and rules of languages.

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1. What is the difference between semantic and syntax?

Semantics is the study of the meaning of sentences, it involves the


deconstruction of words, signals, and sentence structure. It influences our reading
comprehension as well as our comprehension of other people’s words in everyday
conversation. Since meaning in language is so complex, there are actually
different theories used within semantics, such as formal semantics, lexical
semantics, and conceptual semantics.
 Formal Semantics - Formal semantics uses techniques from math,
philosophy, and logic to analyze broader relationship between languages and
reality, truth and possibility.
 Lexical Semantics - Lexical semantics deconstruct words and phrases within
a line of text to understand the meaning in terms of context. This can include
a study of individual nouns, verbs, adjectives, prefixes, root words, suffixes, or
longer phrases or idioms.
 Conceptual Semantics - Conceptual semantics deals with the most basic
concept and form of a word before our thoughts and feelings added context to
it. For example, at its most basic we know a cougar to be a large wild cat. But,
the word cougar has also come to indicate an older woman who’s dating a
younger man. This is where context is important.
While the Syntax,  emphasizes the structure, layout of a program with their
appearance. It involves a collection of rules which validates the sequence of
symbols and instruction used in a program. The pragmatic and computation
model figures these syntactic components of a programming language. The tools
evolved for the specification of the syntax of the programming languages are
regular, context-free and attribute grammars. The syntax of a programming
language can be interpreted using the following formal and informal techniques:
 Lexical syntax for defining the rules for basic symbols involving identifiers,
literals, punctuators and operators.
 Concrete syntax specifies the real representation of the programs with the help
of lexical symbols like its alphabet.
 Abstract syntax conveys only the vital program information
The syntax of a programming language is a collection of rules to specify
the structure or form of code whereas semantics refers to the interpretation of the
code or the associated meaning of the symbols, characters or any part of a
program.

2. Create a poem that contains semantic and syntax

A baby changes all things


They'll never be the same
Our life is filled with wonder
Since our little miracle came

The tiny fingers and tiny toes,


Bright baby eyes, cute baby nose
Hear baby gurgles and baby sighs
As we sing lullabies.

There's lots of things to do now


But with the new tasks we face
Our family gains more love
And bonds time will never erase

Life is changed, but that's okay


It's fun to spend glad hours each day
Taking time for all the good
That comes along with parenthood

3. Make a fishbone Diagram on how to use mother tongue as subject

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