Related Term(s):

• content word
• contentive
• full word
• lexical word

Antonym(s):

• functional meaning
• grammatical meaning
• structural meaning

Source(s):

CRYSTAL 2003268, 287
PEI & GAYNOR 1954122
WALES 1989276
HAMP 196335
DINEEN 196715, 86
KROEGER 200514
HARTMANN & STORK 1972138 (= semantic meaning, external meaning)
KUNO 19872
COLAPIETRO 1993132
LYONS 1971435
RICHARDS etal. 199281
NASH 1968127
GIVON 1984137
MATTHEWS 1997206
ELL2545

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• WALES, Katie. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics. London: Longman. 
• HAMP, Eric P. (1963) A Glossary of American Technical Linguistic Usage 1925-1950. Utrecht: Spectrum Publishers. 
• DINEEN, Francis P. (1967) An Introduction to General Linguistics. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
• KROEGER, Paul R. (2005) Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
• KUNO, Susumu. (1987) Functional Syntax: Anaphora, Discourse & Empathy. Chicago: University Press.
• COLAPIETRO, Vincent M. (1993) Glossary of Semiotics. New York: Paragon House.
• LYONS, John. (1971) Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: University Press. 
• RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT,  J. & WEBER,  H.  (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.
• NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. 
• GIVON, Talmy. (1984) Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction, Vols. I & II. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Domain:

Semantics