What is the difference between sememe and morpheme?
sememe | morpheme |
(linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning; especially the meaning expressed by a morpheme.
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".
Morpheme is a related term of sememe.
As nouns the difference between sememe and morpheme
is that sememe is the smallest unit of meaning; especially the meaning expressed by a morpheme while morpheme is the smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".sememe
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Noun
(wikipedia sememe) (en noun)morpheme
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(wikipedia morpheme)Noun
(en noun)- The word pigs'' consists of two morphemes : ''pig'' (a particular animal) and ''s'' (indication of the plural).
- The word werewolves''' consists of four morphemes: "''were''" (~ man), "''wolf''" (a particular animal), "''es " (plural), and " ' " (indicating possessive).