Semantics: The study of meaning. Semanticists answer such questions as: …How do speakers know what words mean (e.g. How does one know where red stops and orange starts)? ...What is the basis of metaphors (e.g. Why is my car is a lemon a “good” metaphor but my car is a cabbage is not)? …What makes sentences like I’m looking for a tall student or the student I am looking for must be tall have more than one meaning? …In a sentence like I regret that he lied, how do we know that, in fact, he did lie? …How many meanings can be found in a sentence like three students read three books and why do just those meanings exist?