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glossematics (pl) (noun) (a plural used as a singular)
1. 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 or the smallest meaningful units of a language.
2. A neologism combining glossary with mathematics to indicate a formalized system of study: The system of glossematics apparently strives to establish a universal standard defining the necessary and sufficient conditions of a language.
This entry is located in the following units: glosso-, gloss-, -glossa, -glossia (page 3) -ics, -tics [-ac after i] (page 18)