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: language_unit
English
> 1 sense of the expression
language unit
:
NOUN
communication
language unit
,
linguistic unit
one of the natural units into which
linguistic
messages
can be
analyzed
English
>
language unit
: 1 sense
> noun 1, communication
Meaning
One of the natural units into which
linguistic
messages
can be
analyzed
.
Synonym
linguistic unit
Part of
string
A
linear
sequence
of
symbols
(characters or
words
or
phrases
)
Narrower
collocation
A
grouping
of
words
in a
sentence
discourse
Extended
verbal expression
in
speech
or
writing
formative
minimal
language unit
that has a
syntactic
(or
morphological
)
function
lexeme
A
minimal
unit (as a
word
or
stem
) in the
lexicon
of a
language
morpheme
minimal
meaningful
language unit
name
A
language unit
by which a
person
or
thing
is
known
phone
,
speech sound
,
sound
(phonetics) an
individual
sound unit
of
speech
without
concern
as to whether or
not
it is a
phoneme
of some
language
sign
A
fundamental
linguistic unit
linking
a
signifier
to that which is
signified
syllable
A unit of
spoken language
larger
/
larger
than a
phoneme
word
A unit of
language
that
native speakers
can
identify
Broader
part
,
portion
,
component part
,
component
,
constituent
Something determined in relation to something that includes it
Spanish
unidad lingüística
Catalan
unitat lingüística
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