====== Word form (word) ======

A word form (known as a //word// in corpus terminology) is a unit which remains **morphologically** (and possibly also **orthographically**) specific. With its generality it stands between a [[en:pojmy:token|token]] and a [[en:pojmy:lemma|lemma]].

While a [[en:pojmy:token|token]] is one specific realization of a given unit, a word form is a standardized unit; a [[en:pojmy:typ|type]]. E.g. the word form //eat// can have a great number of different realizations(tokens).

On the other hand a [[en:pojmy:lemma|lemma]] is a unit on yet a higher level of abstraction, because it disregards morphological and orthographic characteristics. The word forms //eat, eats, ate, eaten// have the same lemma //eat//. Additionally, on the level of word forms, most approaches differentiate between lower- and upper-case letters (the forms //eats//, //Eats// a //EATS// are considered to be different word forms). Unlike a //lemma//, which can be understood as a set of different forms, a //word// is a single form of a given word.

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[[en:pojmy:lemma|Lemma]] • [[en:pojmy:atributy_pozicni|Position attributes]] • [[en:pojmy:tag|Tag]]
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