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morpheme vs language unit

language unit vs morpheme

morpheme and language unit both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
morpheme Yes No No No
language unit Yes No No No
As nouns, language unit is a hypernym of morpheme; that is, language unit is a word with a broader meaning than morpheme:
  • morpheme: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
  • language unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
Other hypernyms of morpheme include linguistic unit.
morpheme (noun) language unit (noun)
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
Difference between morpheme and language unit

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