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Re: What is a word?
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Ed Burns <[log in to unmask]>
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Ed Burns <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:54:22 -0700
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On Thu, 16 April 13:34:21, F. Leon Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Fernando Colina wrote:
>
> > 4/16/98 3:38 PM F. Leon Wilson
> >
> > >What is a word?
> > >
> > >
> > >F. Leon
> >
> > A word is a representation of an object or an idea.

I would say "a word is the smallest, non-character, unit of meaning in a
language".  Perhaps its an "atom of meaning"?

Ed

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