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Meaning of "onomasiology" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONOMASIOLOGY

onomasiology  [ˌɒnəʊˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONOMASIOLOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Onomasiology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ONOMASIOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Onomasiology

Onomasiology (from Greek: ὀνομάζω (onomāzο) — to name, which in turn is from ὄνομα — name) is a branch of linguistics concerned with the question "how do you express X?" It is in fact most commonly understood as a branch of lexicology, the study of words (although some apply the term also to grammar and conversation). Onomasiology, as a part of lexicology, starts from a concept which is taken to be prior (i.e. an idea, an object, a quality, an activity etc.) and asks for its names. The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts the word refers to. Thus, an onomasiological question is, e.g., "what are the names for long, narrow pieces of potato that have been deep-fried?" (answers: french fries in the US, chips in the UK, etc.), while a semasiological question is, e.g., "what is the meaning of the term chips?" (answers: 'long, narrow pieces of potato that have been deep-fried' in the UK, 'slim slices of potatoes deep fried or baked until crisp' in the US). Onomasiology can be carried out synchronically or diachronically, i.e. historically.

Definition of onomasiology in the English dictionary

The definition of onomasiology in the dictionary is the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONOMASIOLOGY


anesthesiology
ˌænɪsˌθiːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
archaeology
ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ
archeology
ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ
biology
baɪˈɒlədʒɪ
cardiology
ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪ
epidemiology
ˌɛpɪˌdiːmɪˈɒlədʒɪ
etiology
ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ
geology
dʒɪˈɒlədʒɪ
ideology
ˌaɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪ
kinesiology
kɪˌniːsɪˈɒlədʒɪ
microbiology
ˌmaɪkrəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ
neurobiology
ˌnjʊərəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ
ology
ˈɒlədʒɪ
pathophysiology
ˌpæθəʊˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
physiology
ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
radiology
ˌreɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪ
sociology
ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ
soteriology
sɒˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ
theology
θɪˈɒlədʒɪ
zoology
zəʊˈɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONOMASIOLOGY

only if
only too
only-begotten
onocentaur
onomastic
onomastically
onomastician
onomasticon
onomastics
onomatologist
onomatology
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeic
onomatopoeically
onomatopoeses
onomatopoesis
onomatopoetic
onomatopoetically
onomatopoieses
onomatopoiesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONOMASIOLOGY

anthology
anthropology
apology
astrology
biotechnology
dermatology
ecology
genealogy
histology
homology
information technology
methodology
mythology
neurology
oncology
pathology
pharmacology
phonology
psychology
technology
terminology

Synonyms and antonyms of onomasiology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «onomasiology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONOMASIOLOGY

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The translations of onomasiology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «onomasiology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

onomasiology
1,325 millions of speakers

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onomasiology
570 millions of speakers

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onomasiology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

onomasiology
380 millions of speakers
ar

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onomasiology
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ономасиологии
278 millions of speakers

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onomasiology
270 millions of speakers

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onomasiology
260 millions of speakers

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onomasiologie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Onomasiologi
190 millions of speakers

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onomasiology
180 millions of speakers

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onomasiology
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

onomasiology
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Onomasiologi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

onomasiology
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

onomasiology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑनॉमॅजिओलॉजी
75 millions of speakers

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ad bilimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onomasiology
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

onomasiology
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ономасиологии
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

onomasiologia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

onomasiology
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onomasiologie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

onomasiology
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

onomasiology
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of onomasiology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONOMASIOLOGY»

The term «onomasiology» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.238 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONOMASIOLOGY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about onomasiology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONOMASIOLOGY»

Discover the use of onomasiology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onomasiology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Words and Other Wonders: Papers on Lexical and Semantic Topics
considers the isolated word and the way its meanings are manifested, while Onomasiology looks at the designations of a particular concept, that is, at a multiplicity of expressions which form a whole.' (Baldinger 1980: 278). An even more ...
Dirk Geeraerts, 2006
2
Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics
Consequently, the taxonomical position of woman's garment itself is unclear because it cross-classifies with skirt/trousers/suit. 2.4 Conclusion: Interplay between semasiology and onomasiology Up to now we have looked at semasiological ...
René Dirven, Marjolyn Verspoor, 2004
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Words in Time: Diachronic Semantics from Different Points of ...
Introduction Recent issues in diachronic lexical semantics have shed new light on an old-fashioned linguistic discipline, i.e. onomasiology.1 This is less surprising when one is aware of the fact that, in their groundbreaking essay on metaphor, ...
Regine Eckardt, Klaus von Heusinger, Christoph Schwarze, 2003
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The Structure of Lexical Variation: Meaning, Naming, and Context
The terminological pair onomasiology / semasiology is a traditional one in European lexicology and lexicography. (See, for instance, Kronasser 1952 and Quadri 1952 for detailed overviews of the achievements of early semasiology and ...
Dirk Geeraerts, Stefan Grondelaers, Peter Bakema, 1994
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Onomasiology
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics
The Scope of Onomasiological Research Although it has hardly found its way to the canonical English terminology of linguistics, the distinction between onomasiology and semasiology is a traditional one in Continental structural semantics ...
Keith Allan, 2010
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Meaning and Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Approach
considers the isolated word and the way its meanings are manifested, while Onomasiology looks at the designations of a particular concept, that is, at a multiplicity of expressions which form a whole." (Baldinger 1980:278). An even more ...
Liliana Albertazzi, 2000
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The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics
Apart from the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, the conceptual map of onomasiology should be based on at least the following four distinctions: the distinction between structural and pragmatic onomasiology, the distinction ...
Dirk Geeraerts, Herbert Cuyckens, 2010
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Semantics
Although it has hardly found its way to the canonical English terminology of linguistics, the distinction between onomasiology and semasiology is a traditional one in Continental structural semantics and the Eastern European tradition of ...
Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger, Paul Portner, 2012
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Handbook of Semiotics
While this structural semantics in the narrower sense is basically a semantics of words studied within the system of language, Greimas's structural semantics is actually a semantics of the text. 2.2 Semasiology and Onomasiology Within ...
Winfried Nöth, 1995

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONOMASIOLOGY»

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Apophyge; Boomslang; Cryptomnesia; Digerati; Eutely; Gyrocotylid; Kaffeeklatsch; Mertensia; Onomasiology; Pohutukawa; Soupçon ... «Daily Mail, May 13»

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