"glosseme" meaning in English

See glosseme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: glossemes [plural]
Etymology: From gloss- + -eme, coined by Louis Hjelmslev and Hans Jørgen Uldall in the 1930s. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|gloss|eme}} gloss- + -eme, {{coin|en|Louis Hjelmslev|nobycat=1|nocap=1}} coined by Louis Hjelmslev Head templates: {{en-noun}} glosseme (plural glossemes)
  1. The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics. Wikipedia link: Hans Jørgen Uldall Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (smallest irreducible unit of language): Glossem [neuter] (German), glossema [masculine] (Italian), глоссема (glossema) (Russian), ghiussima [masculine] (Sicilian), glossema [masculine] (Sicilian)

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