Faculty of translation theoretical phonetics

1.4.Examples of the semantic field

Below are some examples of semantic field. It should be noted that the lists are not complete. This is because the system of relationships between words is extensive and complex in most cases.

Semantic field of colors

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  Nouns: red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, black, magenta, bronze, cyan, olive green, garnet, navy blue, aquamarine, turquoise, silver ... crayons, watercolor, markers, paint ...
  
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  Adjectives: bluish, greenish, reddish, whitish, yellowish, red, tan, blackened, bleached ...
  
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  Verbs: bleach, redden, color, paint, bleach, stain, blacken ...
  

Semantic field of animals

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  Nouns: bull, donkey, horse, duck, shark, octopus, seal, eagle, hummingbird, mouse, squirrel, bear, giraffe, rhinoceros, butterfly, spider, wasp, cat, tiger ... flock, shoal, herd, flock ... farm, jungle, jungle, zoo ... howl, squawk, growl ...
  
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  Adjectives: domestic, wild ...
  
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  Verbs: tame, tame, graze, hunt, herd, castrate ...
  

CHAPTER II. IN ENGLISH THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF “FAUNA”

2.1.Meaning of “Fauna”

Fauna means animal life. It is a group term; it means the animal life typical of the time or place. It is a similar term to flora in Botany.
So one might speak of the Eocene fauna as being different from the Miocene fauna. Or say, the fauna of a particular habitat. The flora and fauna of a savannah differ from those of a rain forest.
Another use of the word is for published lists of animals, such as:

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  Linnaeus, Carolus. Fauna Suecica, 1746, the first book to use this term.
  

Fauna Definition
Fauna is a term which refers to all of the animal life within a specified region, time period, or both. The “flora and fauna” of a certain place is a descriptor of all the life in a region, including both the plant-like organisms and the animal-like organisms. However, while this was once used as a scientific term, advances in science and our understanding of the relationships between organisms has forced science to adopt the more descriptive systems of taxonomy and cladistics to describe the relationships between organisms.