taxeme


tax·eme

T0063600 (tăk′sēm′)n. A minimal linguistic feature, such as the order or stress of words in a compound or phonemes in a word.
[Greek taxis, arrangement; see taxis + -eme.]
tax·e′mic adj.

taxeme

(ˈtæksiːm) n (Linguistics) linguistics any element of speech that may differentiate one utterance from another with a different meaning, such as the occurrence of a particular phoneme, the presence of a certain intonation, or a distinctive word order[C20: from Greek taxis order, arrangement + -eme] taxˈemic adj

tax•eme

(ˈtæk sim)

n. a feature of the arrangement of linguistic elements in a construction, as word order, phonetic modification, or modulation. [1930–35; tax (is1) + -eme] tax•e′mic, adj.
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