Multiple choice

__________ is the study of the meaning of words and language.

  1. Linguistics

  2. Encoding

  3. Semantics

  4. Syntax
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Explanation

Semantics is the linguistic study of meaning in language - how words, phrases, and sentences convey meaning. Linguistics is the broad study of language structure, encoding is putting info into memory, and syntax studies sentence structure/grammar rules - only semantics focuses on meaning.

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