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glosseme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glosseme
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From gloss- + -eme, coined by Louis Hjelmslev and Hans Jørgen Uldall in the 1930s.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

glossemes (plural)

Questions

What does glosseme mean?
The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics.
Where does glosseme come from?
From gloss- + -eme, coined by Louis Hjelmslev and Hans Jørgen Uldall in the 1930s.

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