What is another word for immediate constituent?
Pronunciation: [ɪmˈiːdɪət kənstˈɪtjuːənt] (IPA) 
Immediate constituent refers to the smallest unit of grammatical analysis that can be separated from the rest of a sentence. It generally refers to words, but it can also refer to smaller units such as morphemes or syllables. Synonyms for immediate constituents include elementary constituent, minimal unit, stem, root, and word-form. Elementary constituent refers to the smallest parts of a linguistic expression, while minimal unit refers to the smallest unit that can be treated as a unit of meaning. The term stem refers to the base or foundation of a word or inflectional form, while root refers to the basic element from which a word is derived. Word-form refers to the inflectional form of a word that modifies its meaning.
