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@article{item_3527857,
title = {{Defining the word}},
author = {Haspelmath, Martin},
language = {eng},
doi = {10.1080/00437956.2023.2237272},
publisher = {Routledge},
year = {2023},
date = {2023},
abstract = {{In this paper, I propose a definition of the term word that can be applied to all languages using the same criteria. Roughly, a word is defined as a free morph or a clitic or a root plus affixes or a compound plus affixes. The paper relies on earlier definitions of the terms free, morph, affix, clitic, root, and compound, which are summarized here. I briefly compare the proposed definition with Bloomfield{\textquoteright}s, I note that it is a shared-core definition, and I say how word-forms differ from lexemes. In the final section, I explain why I think that an unnatural-seeming definition is better than a prototype definition or other options.}},
journal = {{WORD}},
volume = {69},
number = {3},
pages = {283--297},
}