ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

This article describes scientists who have contributed to the formation of semantics as a separate linguistic field, its historical stages and formation as a sphere. Some opinions of scientists who conducted research to develop semantics for world linguistics were analyzed. Only by XIX century in the field of linguistics etymology began to pay attention to the issue of semantics, based on requirement for the definition and analysis of changes in word meaning. The semantic sphere of this period was characterized by a wide approach to historical laws, historical and comparative studies were formed. Until the end of 1950, the term “semasiology” was also widely used. Differences in the definition of a subject also lead to differences in the boundaries between semantics and other linguistic disciplines, especially semantics and pragmatics. Therefore, the subject of semantics should be considered with the greatest caution.