classeme
English
Etymology
From class + -eme.
Noun
classeme (plural classemes)
- (semiotics) A generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
- 1986, Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language, →ISBN, page 190:
- Given that "bark" has two classemes, human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense.
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Derived terms
- classemic
Translations
generic seme
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