Post on 19-Feb-2017
Word vs Lexeme
Word
• The term word is used to designate an intermediate structure smaller than a whole phrase yet larger than a single sound segment
• The word as represented in writing represents a thought unit or a psychological unit
• Table House Courage Faith
Intelligence Tall Short Sleep etc.
Word
• The smallest meaningful unit in the language which can be used independently.
• Word is the unit that unifies the sound , sense and grammar.
(Smallest unit means which can not be further divided )
Word • Word is not only spelled letters or group of letters
but also well pronounced, accepted and understood by native speaker.
• Incorrect Correct • Rset Rest • Mchaine Machine • Cra Car• Ccyle Cycle • Mtoro Motor • Amreica America
Utterance Of Word
• A human could utter a proper word when the tongue and lips gain dexterity and the brain starts to match up objects with names .
• A word will remain a word if its class and form is changed .
Senseless Usage Of Words/Lexemes
An elephant eats grass.
The lion eats white carrot.
Horse brushes teeth.
Incorrect Spellings
Lexeme • A lexeme is smallest semantic language unit. This
may sound complicated , but in fact any word with meaning constitute voiced or written expression of lexemes.
• Smallest language units which could not be further divided .
How Lexemes are created
• Lexemes are created from root words by adding prefixes, suffixes and by affixes.
• Work Works Worker Working • Read Reads Reader Reading • Run Runs Runner Running
• Lexeme cook is shown in the picture
• “Lexeme” cooking
• A Cooker which is used for cooking .
A word remains a word until its class or form is changed but it will represents a separate lexeme
Speak (n) Speaks (v) Speaker (n) Speaking (n,v)
Cut (n) Cuts (v) Cutting (n) Cutter (n,v)
Ahmed cuts an apple There is a cut on an apple
An electrician is cutting wires .Cutter is major tool of electricians. \