grammeme

English

Alternative forms

• grameme (dated)

Etymology

From grammar +‎ -eme, on the pattern of morpheme and phoneme.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɻæmiːm/

Noun

grammeme (plural grammemes)

1. (linguistics) A unit of grammar.

Synonyms

• tagmeme (superseded the term grammeme in Kenneth Pike's school)