Meaning of glosseme | Babel Free

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The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics.

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“We can now for a moment leave Hjelmslev's own conception of such a system—based upon glossematic formal definitions—and ask: to which degree can this system of glossemes be defended from a general phonological or phonetic point of view?”

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