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linguistic unit vs lexeme

lexeme vs linguistic unit

linguistic unit and lexeme both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic unit Yes No No No
lexeme Yes No No No
As nouns, lexeme is a hyponym of linguistic unit; that is, lexeme is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistic unit:
  • linguistic unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  • lexeme: a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'
Other hyponyms of linguistic unit include discourse, word, syllable, morpheme, formative, name, collocation, phone, sound, speech sound, sign.
linguistic unit (noun) lexeme (noun)
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'
Difference between linguistic unit and lexeme

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