taxeme

American

[tak-seem] / ˈtæk sim /

noun

Linguistics.

a feature of the arrangement of elements in a construction, as selection, order, phonetic modification, or modulation.

taxeme British

/ ˈtæksiːm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

taxemic adjective

Etymology

Origin of taxeme

First recorded in 1930–35; tax- + -eme

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