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sublexical

sublexical adjective: referring to constituent parts of a word.

Adjective

sublexical (not comparable)

  1. Referring to constituent parts of a word.
  2. At a level lower than the lexicon.
    • Further, a workable transcription will note sublexical elements such as breathing noise and laughter.2008, Gerd Antos, Eija Ventola, Handbook of Interpersonal Communication, page 35

Forms of sublexical

alternative formsub-lexical

Origin of sublexical

From sub- + lexical.

Questions about sublexical

What does sublexical mean?
Sublexical means referring to constituent parts of a word.
What part of speech is sublexical?
Sublexical is an adjective.

Words near sublexical in the dictionary

  1. sublevation
  2. sublevations
  3. sublevel
  4. sublevels
  5. sublexica
  6. sublexical
  7. sublexically
  8. sublexicon
  9. sublexicons
  10. sublibrarian
  11. sublibrarians

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