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This alphabetic guide introduces terms referring to key concepts in semantics and pragmatics. The study of meaning as it is conveyed through language - the domain of semantics and pragmatics - is one of the central concerns of linguistics, and its importance cannot be exaggerated. Written by an author well-known in the field of semantics, the glossary provides clear and accessible explanations of terms drawn from a wide range of theoretical approaches. Key Features: A handy and easily understandable reference book for students beginning the study of semantics or pragmaticsSupplies numerous cross-references to related termsContains an introduction which provides an overview of the fieldCovers traditional terminology as well as terms relating to more recent approaches, such as Cognitive SemanticsIncludes an annotated bibliography with suggestions for further reading.

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Personalized health care can be optimized by including patient-reported outcomes. Standardized and disease-specific questionnaires have been developed and are routinely used. These patient-reported outcome questionnaires can be simple paper forms given to the patient to fill out with a pen or embedded in digital devices. Regardless of the format used, they provide a snapshot of the patient’s feelings and indicate when therapies need to be adjusted. The advantage of digitizing these questionnaires is that they can be automatically analyzed, and patients can be monitored independently of doctor visits. Although the questions of most clinical patient-reported outcome questionnaires follow defined standards and are evaluated by clinical trials, these standards do not exist for data processing. Interoperable data formats and structures would benefit multilingual and cross-study data exchange. Linking questionnaires to standardized terminologies such as the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) and Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes (LOINC) would improve this interoperability. However, linking clinically validated patient-reported outcome questionnaires to clinical terms available in SNOMED CT or LOINC is not as straightforward as it sounds. Here, we report our approach to link patient-reported outcomes from health applications to SNOMED CT or LOINC codes. We highlight current difficulties in this process and outline ways to minimize them.

Key Terms in Semantics explains the all the terms and concepts in semantics which students on linguistics and language studies course are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. The book is organized alphabetically, and fully cross-referenced. The book includes a section on key thinkers in semantics, from Aristotle to Noam Chomsky and will be a valuable desk reference for students throughout their undergraduate course. The final section presents a list of key readings in semantics, to signpost the reader towards classic articles, as well providing a springboard to further study. The book is accessibly written, with complex terms and concepts explained in an easy to understand and approachable manner.

Suitable for linguists and philosophers of language, this book provides a multidimensional analysis for the lexical semantics of evaluative adverbs: nonfactive evaluative adverbs trigger a conventional implicature, whereas factive evaluative adverbs not only trigger a conventional implicature but also a conventional presupposition.

In my continuing efforts to build a bridge between psychoanalytic findings and biosemiotics here, as in previous works, ‘biosemiotic’ refers to the hierarchy of meaning-forms (from biological to semiotic-organizations) underlying an updated psychoanalytic model of mind. Within this framework I present a broad range of bio-semiotic phenomena, processes, dynamics, defenses, and universal and unique internalized interpersonal patterns, that in psychoanalysis all commonly fall under the broad heading of the “Unconscious.” Reconceptualized as interpretive data within the purview of a psychoanalytic discourse-semantic this biosemiotic framework posits an epigenetic continuum of human meaning-organizations originating at basic organic levels, moving upward through biological, psycho-somatic and affective expression, proto-semiotic transmissions, represented forms, and finally to explicit linguistic signs and complex symbol systems. In addition to assuming an uninterrupted epigenetic continuum crystallizing in hierarchic organization, this framework accentuates the multilayered and increasingly condensed quality of higher more elaborate organizations of meaning in human communication, drawing attention to persisting biological undercurrents in implied sense, intent, and motivation, all of which impact on repressive/defensive mechanisms. Drawing from previous works (Aragno 1997 , 2005 , 2008a , b , Psychoanalytic Inquiry 29(1):30–47, 2009 , Biosemiotics 3:57–77, 2010 , 2011a , Signs 5:71–74, 2011b , Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Centennial Paper, Special Centennial Issue 59(2):239–288, 2011b , Signs 5:29–70, 2011c ) in which I labored to update and revise Freud’s first topographical theory of mind, this paper presents the phenomenology of unconscious ‘data’ for the purpose of introducing a diverse range of non-linguistic signifying forms from which psychoanalysts infer mental processes and ‘interpret’ meanings. An important underlying premise regarding psychoanalytic data and its relation to the basic biosemiotic ‘agenda’ is that until grounded in an updated developmental theory of mind inclusive of pre- and proto-semiotic-forms, that is evolutionarily plausible, epistemologically based, and correlates with contemporary neuroscience, the term “sign” is merely an abstract linguistic ‘label’ rather than a mental act with antecedent developmental stages manifesting meanings through different forms and modes of expression. Drawn from the yields of the psychoanalytic method and semantic this revised metatheoretical approach provides insights into the sensory-emotive, bodily origins of unconscious layers of non-linguistic signification thereby expanding our understanding of the formative stages of the ‘semiotic function’ in human evolution. This being the third in a series of papers integrating the yields of psychoanalytic methodology with the underlying premises of ‘Biosemiotics,’ some familiarity with the background knowledge provided in the previous two is strongly recommended.

Interoperability has been a challenge for half a century. Led by an informatics view of the world, the quest for interoperability has evolved from typing and categorizing data to building increasingly complex models. In parallel with the development of these models, the field of terminologies and ontologies emerged to refine granularity and introduce notions of hierarchy. Clinical data models and terminology systems vary in purpose, and their fixed categories shape and constrain representation, which inevitably leads to information loss. Despite these efforts, semantic interoperability remains imperfect. Achieving it is essential for effective data reuse but requires more than rich terminologies and standardized models. This methodological study explores the extent to which the SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) compositional grammar can be leveraged and extended to approximate a formal descriptive grammar, allowing clinical reality to be expressed in coherent, meaningful sentences rather than preconstrained categories. Building on a decade of semantic representation efforts at the Geneva University Hospitals, we developed a framework to identify recurring semantic gaps in clinical data. We addressed these gaps by systematically modifying the SNOMED CT Machine Read` Concept Model and extending its Augmented Backus-Naur Form syntax to support necessary grammatical structures and external vocabularies. This approach enabled the semantic representation of over 119,000 distinct data elements covering 13 billion instances. By extending the grammar, we successfully addressed critical limitations such as negation, scalar values, uncertainty, temporality, and the integration of external terminologies like Pango. The extensions proved essential for capturing complex clinical nuances that standard precoordinated concepts could not represent. Rather than creating a new standard from scratch, extending the grammatical capabilities of SNOMED CT offers a viable pathway toward high-fidelity semantic representation. This work serves as a proof-of-concept that separating the rules of composition from vocabulary allows for a more flexible and robust description of clinical reality, provided that challenges regarding governance and machine readability are addressed.

The literature on action control is rife with differences in terminology. This consensus statement contributes shared definitions for perception-action integration concepts as informed by the framework of event coding.The literature on action control is rife with differences in terminology. This consensus statement contributes shared definitions for perception-action integration concepts as informed by the framework of event coding.