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Semantic language unit of meaning
A sememe is a semantic language unit of meaning, analogous to a morpheme. The concept is relevant in structural semiotics. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: SememeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Document-level relation extraction based on sememe knowledge-enhanced abstract meaning representation and reasoningInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of NepalThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sememe knowledge and auxiliary information enhanced approach for sarcasm detectionCited 56 times
- Go sideways: SynonymA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MorphemeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The smallest unit of meaning; especially, the meaning expressed by a morpheme.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Sememe knowledge and auxiliary information enhanced approach for sarcasm detection
Chinese LIWC Lexicon Expansion via Hierarchical Classification of Word Embeddings with Sememe Attention
LA-MGFM: A legal judgment prediction method via sememe-enhanced graph neural networks and multi-graph fusion mechanism
Towards Building a Multilingual Sememe Knowledge Base: Predicting Sememes for BabelNet Synsets
Componential analysis: the sememe and the concept of distinctiveness
Multi-perspective contrastive learning framework guided by sememe knowledge and label information for sarcasm detection
Incorporating Synonym for Lexical Sememe Prediction: An Attention-Based Model
Sememe knowledge computation: a review of recent advances in application and expansion of sememe knowledge bases
🆕 Influential since 2022
Document-level relation extraction based on sememe knowledge-enhanced abstract meaning representation and reasoning
Improving Cross-lingual Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis with Sememe Bridge
Automatic Construction of Sememe Knowledge Bases From Machine Readable Dictionaries
Sememe-Based Semantic Communications
Chinese Lexical Sememe Prediction Using CilinE Knowledge
📚 Books worth reading
Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of NepalAustin Hale · 1973
Discourse, Structure and Linguistic ChoiceT. Price Caldwell, Oliver Cresswell · 2018
Chinese Lexical SemanticsDonghong Ji · 2013
Sememic and grammatical structures in Gurung (Nepal)Glover, Warren W. · 1974- 📕Sememic and grammatical structures in Gurung (Nepal)Glover, Warren W. · 1974
- 📕Auxiliary verb a- and bü- in Middle MongolianOzawa, Shigeo · 1965
Readings in stratificational linguisticsAdam Makkai · 1973- 📕Sémantique lexicale et psychomécanique guillaumienneStéphanie Thavaud-Piton · 2016
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