The Connection between Crossword Puzzles and Semantics
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published 04/12/2007
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Summary
When a person sits down to work on a crossword puzzle the thought probably does not cross their mind that they are calling on various forms of linguistic knowledge in solving the crossword clues. The majority of basic language knowledge and usage is an unconscious phenomenon. It has been said that people “take language for granted because it comes so quickly and automatically.” As a result of this unconscious nature of language people rarely give consideration to the actual linguistic process of how they answer the questions that crossword clues pose. However, to anyone who studies linguistics, it seems obvious that there is a connection between crossword puzzles and semantics.
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- The history of the puzzle.
- The popularity of crosswords.
- Crossword clue types.
- Semantic fields of importance.
- Word meaning and prototype semantics.
- Word meaning and pragmatics.
- The role of polysemy in creating ambiguities.
- Crossword puzzles and artificial intelligence.
- Cognitive semantics.
- Conclusion.
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