glosseme


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glosseme

(ˈɡlɒsiːm)
n
(Linguistics) the smallest meaningful unit of a language, such as stress, form, etc
[C20: from Greek glōssēma; see gloss2, -eme]
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Translations
Glossem
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the smallest meaningful unit independent of whether it is lexical or grammatical is called glosseme. Each of the names of the units also has a counterpart for the meaning they have.