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linguistic unit vs syllable

syllable vs linguistic unit

linguistic unit and syllable both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic unit Yes No No No
syllable Yes No No No
As nouns, syllable is a hyponym of linguistic unit; that is, syllable 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
  • syllable: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
Other hyponyms of linguistic unit include discourse, word, lexeme, morpheme, formative, name, collocation, phone, sound, speech sound, sign.
linguistic 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
Difference between linguistic unit and syllable

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