Meaning of mononom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A word composed of a single stem that cannot be broken down into constituent morphs.
2. Synonym of mononym.

Examples

“It a meaning is expressed in a particular language like⟳ English with the help⟳ of a binom, newspaper, and in another particular language like⟳ German by a mononom Zeitung, the heteronomic morphology is usually more voluminous (9 phongrams against 7).”

“Sino-Japanese mononoms are all short, since all Sino-Japanese morphs are one or two moras.”

“The first of these are compounds where E1 is a Sino-Japanese mononom and E2 is suru.”

“"I was dining one day with Burns," said Campbell, "who, like⟳ Dr. Johnson and other celebrities, had his Bozzy worshipper, a friend who was always in his company. I have⟳ forgotten his name⟳. Burns left the room for a moment, and passing the bottle to his friend, I proposed to drink⟳ the health of Mr. Burns. He gave me a look⟳ of annihilation. 'Sir,' said he, you will always be known as Mr. Campbell, but posterity will talk⟳ of Burns!'" Such an anecdote makes one look⟳ around in alarm, to see⟳ if there are not some unrecognised mononoms in our time, whom we are profaning, unaware, with our Mister-y.”

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