Complex sentence: The semantic features of a word can be notated using the system of componential analysis which indicates a semantic property in square brackets and uses plus or minus signs to indicate the existence or non-existence of that property.
Split into simpler sentences: The semantic features of a word can be notated using a binary feature notation common to the framework of componential analysis. A semantic property is contained in square brackets and a plus or minus signs to indicates the existence or non-existence of that property.