Meaning of listeme | Babel Free

Definitions

An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule.

Examples

“Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese".”

“A memorized chunk is sometimes called a listeme, that is, an item that has to be memorized as part of a list; one can argue that this book ought to have been called Listemes and Rules.”

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