What is the difference between lemma and morpheme?
lemma | morpheme |
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
(linguistics, usually) The canonical form of an inflected word; ie the form usually found in dictionaries.
(linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.
(botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".
Morpheme is a related term of lemma.
As nouns the difference between lemma and morpheme
is that lemma is a proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition while morpheme is the smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".lemma
English
(wikipedia lemma)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (linguistics: canonical form of a term) citation formSee also
* basic form * canonical form * citation form * dictionary form * headwordExternal links
; Sister projects {{projectlinks , disambig , pedia, page2=lemma (linguistics) , pedia, page3=lemma (logic) , pedia, page4=lemma (mathematics) , pedia, page5=Headword}} English nouns with irregular plurals ----morpheme
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(wikipedia morpheme)Noun
(en noun)- The word pigs'' consists of two morphemes : ''pig'' (a particular animal) and ''s'' (indication of the plural).
- The word werewolves''' consists of four morphemes: "''were''" (~ man), "''wolf''" (a particular animal), "''es " (plural), and " ' " (indicating possessive).