Word-form

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A word-form is a syntagmatic unit between the morpheme and the phrase that is generally taken by linguists to correspond to the element written between two spaces in many orthographies. There is a large literature about the definition of the word-form, which is difficult to summarize here.

Synonyms

Origin

This term is probably a translation of Russian slovoforma.

Reference

Other languages

French mot-forme German Wortform