The "Theory of Submorphemic Salience" (Gregoire 2010, 2012) is based on the fact that each word is created by metonymically simplex stress (Berthoz 2009). On the one hand, words are generated through a first submorphemic feature revealing its meaning (called “salience”), on the other hand, many other features are likely to be negociated in the frame of subsequent remotivations. Moreover, the level of salience of a particular pre-signifying characteristic may vary in different contexts. The aim consists here in articulating this theory with the cognitive dimensions [“perçaction”, simplexity, and vicariousness, according to Berthoz (1997, 2009, 2013); mirror neurons (Rizzolati et al. 2007)] and, above all, body language [salience operations on the body itself, on the inner or outer mouth area, ensuring consistency with the principle of the infinitely small: exponential multiplication of body parts which are liable to stand out regarding the denomination] these dimensions being not necessarily designed separately from one another. Reconciliation of both physical and cognitive dimensions may be found in the paradigm of enaction (Varela et al. 1993) and in the principle of autopoiesis (Varela et al., 1974, Varela 1989) for their consideration of anchoring the body in its environment. Finally, we propose a new reading of pre-existing lexical analysis methods such as the "Theory of Matrices and etymons" (MTCT) by Bohas (2006, 2007, 2010) or the "Theory semio- genetics "(TSG) Philps (2006, 2009, 2010) through the prism of the theory developed. This new approach will make its possibilities of applicability more concrete.
