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seme
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(sēm)
n.1.(Linguistics) A linguistic sign.
2.(Linguistics) A basic component of meaning of a morpheme, especially one which cannot be decomposed into more basic components; a primitive concept.
a.1.(Her.) Sprinkled or sown; - said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.
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seme [siːm] N → sema m
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Both "civility" and "politeness" were seen as features of civil and civilized societies, but the former term emphasized "elegance of behaviour" (Johnson's phrase) as a requirement in man as a citizen, while "politeness" saw this elegance more as a characteristic of advanced civilization: the archaic senses of the latter word have to do with polish and smoothness of surface; the dominant semes (or units of meaning) in the word pertain to refinement.
Locke, Richardson, and Austen: or, how to become a gentleman by Bour, Isabelle / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
He then presents results of four extensive experiments conducted to verify his theories, which demonstrate the equal predicting capacity of native and nonnative speakers, the interconnection between linguistic and extralinguistic factors, the significant role of prototypical semes, and the usual dominance of a single central reading.
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I usually retch whenever I see a rainbow anything, but Dean Sameshima's use of rainbow pride here triggered glee: Tearing at the semes of Baker's handmade prototype, Sameshima allows the sign of craft to remain only in the rainbow tinting of his images scanned from underground 1950s and '60s physical-culture-turned-sugary-porn chapbooks like Butch that, picturing "young men at play" as nude or pouch-clad cowboys, gymnasts, wrestlers, footballers, and artists, sexed the postal system.
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