A emantic field It conit of a group of word that have the ame meaning and that are part of a different lexical category. An example would be: red, yellow, blue, bluih, greenih, reddih, color, whiten,
A semantic field It consists of a group of words that have the same meaning and that are part of a different lexical category. An example would be: red, yellow, blue, bluish, greenish, reddish, color, whiten, redden (semantic field of colors).
The same word belongs to several semantic fields. For example, the words woman, girl, girl, lady, spinster, belong to the "feminine" semantic field. But only "young" girl and girl belong to the semantic field, and spinster to "unmarried".
The semantic field is more related to concepts. A matrix of a woman, girl, girl, lady, spinster, would be:
The +/- values express the semantic fields. Within the "feminine" semantic field, for example, they enter (in addition to those): cow, mare, princess, queen, sister, sister-in-law, wife, girlfriend, dancer, teacher ...
Concept
The concept of semantic field refers to the system of interrelated networks that make up the vocabulary or lexicon of a language. Each word is surrounded by a network of associations that connect with other terms.
And those that are interrelated can belong to the same semantic field, for example: house, roof, floor, wall, etc.
On many occasions, the overlap between semantic fields can be observed. So - by way of example - the ceiling and wall field can overlap in connection with painting or repairing. In this way, a semantic field groups different words based on an idea or meaning.
Now, the elements of this set can belong to different lexical categories. Among others, they can refer to works or people (nouns), actions or states (verbs), and qualities or characteristics (adjectives).
For example, study (verb) and teacher (noun) are part of the semantic field of the word school (noun).
On the other hand, the notion of the lexical field is related to that of the associative field. The latter refers to the set of all the meanings associated with a particular linguistic sign. This field is infinite in extension as it is constantly growing due to the appearance of new meanings.
