glossematics
[ glos-uh-mat-iks, glaw-suh- ]
/ ˌglɒs əˈmæt ɪks, ˌglɔ sə- /
noun (used with a singular verb) Linguistics.
a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
Origin of glossematics
1935–40;
glosseme +
-atics, on the model of Greek formations such as
phṓnēma speech (stem
phōnēmat-), adj. derivative
phōnēmatikós (cf.
phoneme), and the names of disciplines formed from such adjectives, as
mathematics
OTHER WORDS FROM glossematics
glos·se·mat·ic, adjectiveWords nearby glossematics
glossal,
glossalgia,
glossary,
glossator,
glossectomy,
glossematics,
glosseme,
glosser,
glossina,
glossitis,
glossitis areata exfoliativa