What's the difference between lexicon and seme?

Lexicon


Definition:

  • (n.) A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The period of 1924-1985 can be viewed as a repetition of the period between 1840-1890 in terms of the evolution of the place of pyromania in the lexicon of psychiatry, of its existence as a disease entity, and of its implications for personal responsibility for destructive acts.
  • (2) Three experiments were conducted to show that phonological encoding is typical for visually-presented letter strings, and that an interactive activation model with a phonological route to the mental lexicon accounts adequately for the word-superiority effect.
  • (3) Burnham said “a language of xenophobia has entered the lexicon” of British politics and that many politicians were flirting with racism.
  • (4) Spread of activation through the lexicon was measured in complementary automatic (low probability) priming experiments.
  • (5) A trauma registry has been created containing lexicons of terms arranged to foster the adoption of standardized and extensible terminology for the nature and mode of injury.
  • (6) The lexicon of conflict in a place such as Kashmir engenders normalisation of even the most ghastly thing.
  • (7) Results suggest that the morphological constituents of complex words are available in some word recognition tasks and that morphological knowledge is represented in the speaker's lexicon.
  • (8) For the svengali of mediocrity decreed that every year would culminate in the release of a single from the winner of his X Factor, and that this contribution to the lexicon would dutifully top the charts.
  • (9) The lexicon for most retailers runs from impulse buy to splurge to treat; they prefer us to wander the aisles with our eyes wide open and our minds shut tight.
  • (10) In addition, they had extreme difficulty in naming nonwords, which in terms of the dual-route model for word recognition indicates impairment in the indirect route to the lexicon.
  • (11) While previous research has demonstrated that the number of meanings associated with a word exerts a powerful influence on the internal lexicon of normals, the results of this study suggest that brain damage resulting in aphasia does not disrupt this semantic organization.
  • (12) The prime minister seemed to object to Marr raising the matter, saying this was "the sort of question that is all too often entering the lexicon of British politics".
  • (13) The “Great Cannon” has entered the cyberwar lexicon alongside the “Great Firewall of China” after a new tool for censorship in the nation was named and described by researchers from the University of Toronto.
  • (14) "Transphobic" even seems to have entered the lexicon at the Daily Mail, which is quite something.
  • (15) These features, it is argued, indicate the disconnection between two intact lexicons: the semantic and the phonological.
  • (16) The neighbourhood analyses provide a number of insights into the processes of auditory word recognition in children and the possible structural organization of words in the young child's mental lexicon.
  • (17) As an issue, poverty is to vanish, no longer a target or a word in the Conservative lexicon.
  • (18) It is suggested that this pattern is more easily explained in terms of compensatory mechanisms that access the reading lexicon than by use of the spelling system 'in reverse'.
  • (19) It is important that any expert witness or defendant be cognizant of this lexicon in order to avoid mistakes in or misinterpretations of their testimony.
  • (20) The Oxford boxing blue may have started to backtrack on his pledge , but with the term established in the diplomatic lexicon (well, David Cameron made a joke about it on Friday ) it might help delegates in Brisbane to know exactly what it means.

Seme


Definition:

  • (a.) Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Seme samples were obtained by masturbation after 3 days of sexual abstinence.
  • (2) Seming contradictions to other authors are discussed.