message vs rheme

message

noun
  • An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something. 

  • An errand. 

  • See messages (“groceries, shopping”). 

  • A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed. 

verb
  • To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging. 

  • To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages. 

  • To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone. 

rheme

noun
  • The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. 

  • A sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark; sumisign. 

How often have the words message and rheme occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )