Talk:Semantic field

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For example, the semantic field of "dog" includes "canine" and "to trail persistently" (also, to hound).

Is this article correct? This example seems to me to be more a list of dictionary definitions than an example of a semantic field.

I was always taught that a semantic field was a collection of words that fell under one category. For example, a semantic field of bugs/insects could include bees, wasps, spiders, moths, flies etc. Thus, a semantic field of "dog" might include, for example, Labradors, alsations, poodles, terriers etc, rather than a list of different ways in which the word "dog" can be used. Put simply, it's not so much words that define dogs, it's words that are examples of dogs.

Just by Googling lazily I found a few sites that seem to support this definition:

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/sesll/englang/lilt/semanfield.htm http://bible.gen.nz/amos/glossary/semanticfield.htm http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/paul/publications/tokyo2002/tsld005.htm

Jodamu 18:26, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

You're right. The information in the article isn't correct. Feel free to make it more accurate.--Ethicoaestheticist 18:35, 13 November 2007 (UTC)