Glosseme


[glos-eem, glaw-seem] /ˈglɒs im, ˈglɔ sim/

noun, Linguistics.
1.
(in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.
/ˈɡlɒsiːm/
noun
1.
the smallest meaningful unit of a language, such as stress, form, etc

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