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glosseme
[ glos-eem, glaw-seem ]
noun
, Linguistics.
- (in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.
glosseme
/ ˈɡlɒsiːm /
noun
- the smallest meaningful unit of a language, such as stress, form, etc
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- glos·semic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glosseme1
C20: from Greek glōssēma; see gloss ², -eme
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