tagmemics

[ tag-mee-miks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.

tagmemics

/ tæɡˈmiːmɪks /

plural noun

1. functioning as singular linguistics a type of grammatical analysis based on the concept of function in sentence slots and the determination of classes of words that can fill each slot

Other Words From

• tag·me·mi·cist [tag-, mee, -m, uh, -sist], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tagmemics¹

First recorded in 1945–50; tagmeme + -ics

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