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Semantron vs Semasiology - What's the difference?

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Semantron is a related term of semasiology.


As nouns the difference between semantron and semasiology

is that semantron is a percussion instrument used chiefly in eastern orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer or to lead processions while semasiology is (linguistics) a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.

semantron

English

Noun

(wikipedia semantron) (en-noun)
  • A percussion instrument used chiefly in Eastern Orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer or to lead processions.
  • Anagrams

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    semasiology

    Noun

    (semasiologies)
  • (linguistics) A discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
  • * 2001 , Federica Busa, et al., The Language of Word Meaning
  • "The early theories of semasiology attempted to account for meaning shifts in language."
  • * 2002 , Nicolas Slonimsky, et al., The Listener's Companion: Great Composers and Their Works .
  • It must be left to students of musical semasiology to account for the psychological association that exists between the spiritual concept of goodness and saintliness and the notational accident of the absence of sharps and flats in the key signature, which results in the 'whiteness' of the music.
  • Derived terms

    * semasiological

    Coordinate terms

    * onomasiology