Word vs Lexeme

Word

• The term word is used to designate an intermediate structure smaller than a whole phrase yet larger than a single sound segment

• The word as represented in writing represents a thought unit or a psychological unit

• Table House Courage Faith

Intelligence Tall Short Sleep etc.

Word

• The smallest meaningful unit in the language which can be used independently.

• Word is the unit that unifies the sound , sense and grammar.

(Smallest unit means which can not be further divided )

Word • Word is not only spelled letters or group of letters

but also well pronounced, accepted and understood by native speaker.

• Incorrect Correct • Rset Rest • Mchaine Machine • Cra Car• Ccyle Cycle • Mtoro Motor • Amreica America

Utterance Of Word

• A human could utter a proper word when the tongue and lips gain dexterity and the brain starts to match up objects with names .

• A word will remain a word if its class and form is changed .

Senseless Usage Of Words/Lexemes

An elephant eats grass.

The lion eats white carrot.

Horse brushes teeth.

Incorrect Spellings

Lexeme • A lexeme is smallest semantic language unit. This

may sound complicated , but in fact any word with meaning constitute voiced or written expression of lexemes.

• Smallest language units which could not be further divided .

How Lexemes are created

• Lexemes are created from root words by adding prefixes, suffixes and by affixes.

• Work Works Worker Working • Read Reads Reader Reading • Run Runs Runner Running

• Lexeme cook is shown in the picture

• “Lexeme” cooking

• A Cooker which is used for cooking .

A word remains a word until its class or form is changed but it will represents a separate lexeme

Speak (n) Speaks (v) Speaker (n) Speaking (n,v)

Cut (n) Cuts (v) Cutting (n) Cutter (n,v)

Ahmed cuts an apple There is a cut on an apple

An electrician is cutting wires .Cutter is major tool of electricians. \