What do Words Mean? (Definitions & Semantic Change)

This video is a short introduction to semantics, the linguistic and philosophical study of meaning in language. It's also an introduction to a conception of meaning in modern philosophy, most famously adopted by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

It’s common for people to sometimes just assume that meanings are these fixed things that never change and hence words are always to be understood in just a certain fixed sense that is dictated by definitions or the origin of a word. How does this idea hold up?

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[elisasart]

Loved thisss! And the outro, just lmao

[HeavyDevy]

Hahahahaha! That outro earned you a sub from me sir.

[louisnooope]

great stuff, loved the outro too aahaha sub'Ed

[MrSkip]

Hahaha ...just like my YouTube channel. Good laugh out of that one

[looseygoosey]

Lexicographers get to decide? Merriam Webster’s geeks?