Semiword
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Semiword is a noun meaning (linguistics) The initial or final constituent of compounds that cannot occur outside the domain of compounds, i.e., they are not freely combinable with words or phrases into syntactic constituents, but can undergo coordination reduction in both directions.
Meaning
(linguistics) The initial or final constituent of compounds that cannot occur outside the domain of compounds, i.e., they are not freely combinable with words or phrases into syntactic constituents, but can undergo coordination reduction in both directions.
Word Forms
- semiwords
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semolexeme, semanteme, syntaxeme, simplex, word, submorpheme.
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