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Grammatical unit
A tagmeme is the smallest functional element in the grammatical structure of a language. The term was introduced in the 1930s by the linguist Leonard Bloomfield, who defined it as the smallest meaningful unit of grammatical form. The term was later adopted, and its meaning broadened, by Kenneth Pike and others beginning in the 1950s, as the basis for their tagmemics. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: TagmemeA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Introduction to tagmemic analysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Discourse Analysis and Tagmeme MatricesCited 13 times
- Go sideways: Emic and etic unitsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MorphemeA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The smallest functional element in the grammatical structure of a sentence.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Introduction to tagmemic analysisWalter Anthony Cook · 1969
A survey of grammatical structuresCharles Peck · 1981
history and development of TagmemicsViola Grace Waterhouse · 1974
Textsorte WitzBernhard Marfurt · 1977
Bolivian Indian grammarsEsther Matteson · 1967- 📕Coordination and its implications for roots and stems of sentence and clauseEvelyn G. Pike · 1974
Grammatical form and grammatical meaningJohn Talbot Platt · 1971
Tagmeme sequences in the English noun phrasePeter H. Fries · 1970
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