Cryptic crossword clue
Linguistics unit, ie lecturer and author, hold English course 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LEXEME

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L
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Buddy explains!

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What does LEXEME mean?

LEXEME noun
  1. A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word.
  2. An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis (see token).

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