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Sememe 

a term formed by analogy to the terms “phoneme” and “morpheme” and designating a unit of the content plane that represents the sum of the components of the contents of the morpheme (the minimal unit of the expression plane). According to the nature of the meaning expressed in the morpheme, the generalized concept of the sememe is sometimes broken down into two concepts: the lexeme and the grammeme. The lexeme and the grammeme represent the sum of lexical and grammatical meanings, respectively. In another interpretation, the sememe is regarded as a paradigmatic unit having a corresponding seme in a syntagmatic series.
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long dance ~ *the dance was long ('#((dance) which is caused by) a group of people that form a line which is) long' fast food ~ *the food was fast '#((food) eaten by sb in) event# fast (= strong in speed)' weak moment ~ *the moment is weak '#((time of) event caused by) sb# not strong' One and the same lexeme may have sememes with indirect connection but with different restrictions to the position of the adjective.
Connectivity and indirect connection in English by Hlebec, Boris / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
However, it must be borne in mind that to be "non-idiomatic" need not mean altogether the same as to be "incorrect"; or, more precisely, there is no direct equivalency between the sememes idiomatic' and 'correct' .
Some hints on the importance of teaching idiomaticity (1). ... by Kavka, Stanislav / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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