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Morphemes

The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning.

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The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning.

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Word	Definition
morphological	Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
phonemesnoun	(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
morphosyntactic	Pertaining to morphosyntax.
morphologically	With regard to morphology.
lexemesnoun	(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.
morphophonemicsnoun	morphophonology
linguistic	Of or relating to language.
morphologiesnoun	—
morphismnoun	(mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
phonemenoun	(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
phonemic	(linguistics) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
morpholnoun	—
languagenoun	(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
morphewnoun	A blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
syntacticsnoun	(relatively rare) syntax
morphingnoun	(computing) The smooth transformation of one image into another using digital tweening.
morphologic	Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological.
conjugationsnoun	(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
meaningsnoun	The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
phonological	Pertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent.