Traditionally, semantics tends to be treated as an 'attachment' to linguistics . This view is demonstrated clearly in structural linguistics and transformational grammar. Such 'ill-treatment' of semantics is mainly due to the facts that meaning is seen as supplementary to language structure and meaning is too difficult and vague to be treated in a formal study. This picture has changed. Semantics has been viewed as an essential aspect, if not the foundation, of language as a system.
Communication is to make and share meaning.
Semantics does not only give us insights about linguistic structure , but also about human mind, human interaction and how language reflects strongly its social and cultural context. Unlimited distribution is permitted only if textual and graphic content is not altered and the source is acknowledged.