unità linguistica

Definitions of unità linguistica
  1. noun
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
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    parola, termine, vocabolo
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    sillaba
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    morfema
    minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
    appellativo, denominazione, nome, nome proprio, nominativo
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
    fonema
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    anagramma
    a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
    diminutivo
    a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
    forma, stampato
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    prestito
    a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    neologismo
    a newly invented word or phrase
    nomenclatura, terminologia
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    desinenza, suffisso, terminazione, uscita
    the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
    eponimo
    the person for whom something is named
    casato, cognome
    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
    appellativo, denominazione, nome, nominativo
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    toponimo
    the name by which a geographical place is known
    firma
    your name written in your own handwriting
    cartellino, etichetta, marca, prezzo
    a name given to a product or service
    vocale
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
    consonante
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    type of:
    brano, parte, pezzo, porzione
    something determined in relation to something that includes it
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