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language unit vs syllable

syllable vs language unit

language unit and syllable both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
language unit Yes No No No
syllable Yes No No No
As nouns, syllable is a hyponym of language unit; that is, syllable is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than language unit:
  • language unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  • syllable: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
Other hyponyms of language unit include discourse, word, lexeme, morpheme, formative, name, collocation, phone, sound, speech sound, sign.
language unit (noun) syllable (noun)
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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