Semantic Differential

语义鉴别法

A technique devised by psychologists to find out the emotional reactions of speakers to lexical items, and thus suggest the main affective dimensions in terms of which a language’s concepts are organized. It is little used in linguistic semantics.

在短语语义鉴别法中，“语义”实际跟语言学的语义学没有什么关系，是指心理学家设计的一种实验方法，用来发现说话人对不同词项的感情反应，从而了解语言概念组织中主要的情感因素。