Semantics: historical and some contemporary theories of meaning

A common goal of philosophy of language is an attempt to list and define the specific criterion that makes a language an established language as opposed to a group of loosely connected sounds and symbols. Some of these criteria can often be found within the study of semantics. Semantics is the study of the “toolkit” for meaning. It tries to understand what meaning is as an element of language. Which is basically implies the study of how meaning in language is produced or created. Semantics encompasses how words, phrases and sentences come together to make meaning in language. It is a sub discipline of linguistic which focuses on the study of meaning. Hence, we shall discuss the definition and beginnings of linguistic semantics as well as semantic atomism.