Compare and contrast: Wordform, word, morpheme, and syllable |
| Here is a table that compares and contrasts a morpheme with other minimal units in language:
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A …
| Is the smallest unit of …
| That …
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Wordform
| Speech or writing
| - Has distinctive meaning.
- Can occur by itself. (In most orthographies it is separated from other wordforms by a space.)
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Word
| Syntax
| - Has distinctive meaning.
- Can occur by itself.
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Morpheme
| Syntax
| - Has a distinctive meaning.
- Cannot occur by itself unless it is in a monomorphemic word.
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Syllable
| Pronunciation
| - Has no inherent distinctive meaning.
- Cannot occur by itself unless it is in a monosyllabic word.
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