Tagmeme
noun, Linguistics.
1.
the basic unit of grammatical analysis in tagmemics, consisting of a correlation between a grammatical function and the class of items that can occur in that function.
Compare filler (def 9), slot1 (def 3).
noun
1.
(linguistics) a class of speech elements all of which may fulfil the same grammatical role in a sentence; the minimum unit of analysis in tagmemics
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