tagmeme
/ˈtæɡmiːm/
noun
- In linguistics, a unit of grammatical analysis that combines a grammatical function (like subject or object) with a class of words that can fill that function.
- The linguist analyzed the sentence by identifying each tagmeme and its role.
- In tagmemic theory, a tagmeme is the smallest meaningful unit of grammatical structure.
- Students learning tagmemics study how tagmemes combine to form larger structures.