[...] we may identify a minimal feature of meaning based on the linguistic context as a 'linguiseme'.
- Nida (1951), a pag.5

For example, 'man' has two primary linguisemes: (1) occurrence in 'noun' positions, and (2) occurrence in 'verb' positions.
- Nida (1951), a pag.5

There is often an easily describable relationship between the linguisemes and the ethnosemes of a form. [...] in the syntactic position of a noun 'man' identifies an object and in the syntactic position of a verb 'man' identifies a process.
- Nida (1951), a pag.5