• A sememe (/ˈsɛmiːm/; from Ancient Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō) 'mean, signify') is a semantic language unit of meaning, analogous to a morpheme. The concept...
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    seme or denotational sememe, whereas those with inexactly similar meanings share a broader denotational or connotational sememe and thus overlap within...
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  • of meaning) or a sememe (larger unit of meaning), and polysemy of a word of phrase is the property of having multiple semes or sememes and thus multiple...
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  • by contrast, is the equivalent in myth of the phonemes, morphemes, and sememes into which structural linguistics divides language, the smallest possible...
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    sought to preserve the context itself by reproducing the original order of sememes, and hence word order—when necessary, reinterpreting the actual grammatical...
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  • to a single characteristic of a sememe. These characteristics are defined according to the differences between sememes. The term was introduced by Eric...
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  • Lojban. aUI 1962 W. John Weilgart Each phoneme is also a morpheme and a sememe, so that a single word can express a complex idea. Ithkuil 1978–2023 John...
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  • polysemous, polysemy, semantics, semaphore, semasiology, sematic, seme, sememe, semiotic, tetraseme, triseme semi- half Latin semis semiannual, semicolon...
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  • Literal and figurative language Translation Semantic structure analysis Sememe Goddard, Cliff (2013). Semantic Analysis: An Introduction (2nd ed.). New...
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    phrase, or symbol) to have multiple meanings (that is, multiple semes or sememes and thus multiple senses), usually related by contiguity of meaning within...
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