language unit

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language unit

language unit
n : one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed [syn: linguistic unit]





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language unit

Noun
1. one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
(synonym) linguistic unit
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(hyponym) discourse
(part-holonym) string