sprachliche Einheit

Definitions of sprachliche Einheit
  1. noun
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
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    Wort
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    Silbe
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    morphologische Einheit
    minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
    Name
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
    Mehrwortlexem
    a grouping of words in a sentence
    Kontext
    discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
    Wort
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    Nomenklatur
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    Nachsilbe, Suffix
    the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
    Familienname, Nachname, Zuname
    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
    Eigenname, Vorname
    the name that precedes the surname
    Pseudonym
    a name that has been assumed temporarily
    Benennung, Bezeichnung
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    Laut, Phon
    (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
    Selbstlaut, Vokal
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
    Gleitlaut, Halbvokal, Liquid
    a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
    Konsonant, Mitlaut
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    stimmhafter Laut
    a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
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