Semantics
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Why do semantics?
- Expressions of natural languages can contain information about the world, i.e. they have meanings.
- Speakers and listeners have (reliable) intuitions about this meaning relation:
- The meaning of the name "Angela Merkel" is the person Angela Merkel.
- The sentence "Angela Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany." is true in the world.
- The sentence "Germany lies in Asia." is false in the world.