Lexis vs Morpheme - What's the difference?
lexis | morpheme |
(linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
The vocabulary used by a writer
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".
As nouns the difference between lexis and morpheme
is that lexis is the set of all words and phrases in a language 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".lexis
English
(wikipedia lexis)Noun
(en-noun)- In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand sometimes.
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Anagrams
* ----morpheme
English
(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).