
Unit of meaning: sememes – plural of sememe, the interpretation given to a morpheme (a language unit).A sememe (from Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō) 'mean, signify') is a semantic language unit of meaning, analogous to a morpheme. The concept is relevant in structural semiotics. There are five types of sememes: two denotational and three connotational, the latter occurring only in phrase units (they do not...