[tak-seem] 
| a feature of the arrangement of elements in a construction, as selection, order, phonetic modification, or modulation. |
| tax·eme (tāk'sēm') n. A minimal linguistic feature, such as the order or stress of words in a compound or phonemes in a word. [Greek taxis, arrangement; see taxis + -eme.] tax·e'mic adj. |
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