different between sememe vs semiotics

English

Noun

sememe (plural sememes)

1. (linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning; especially the meaning expressed by a morpheme.

Related terms

• semantic
• sememic
• sememically
• sememics

Anagrams

• ememes

English

Etymology

Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek ??????????? (s?mei?tikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from ?????? (s?meiô, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from ??????? (s?meîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from ???? (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?mi??t?ks/

Noun

semiotics (uncountable)

1. The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
2. (dated) The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.

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See also

• semiology
• symbology

Further reading

• semiotics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• semiotics in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• semiotics at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• misticoes, societism