精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Chapter 3 Lexicon3.1What is word?1.What is a lexeme?A lexeme is the smallest unit in the meaning system of a language that can be distinguished from other similar units. It is an abstract unit. It can occur in many different forms in actual spoken or written sentences, and is regarded as the same lexeme even when inflected. E.g. the word “write” is the lexeme of “write, writes, wrote, writing and written.”2.What is a morpheme?A morpheme is the smallest u
