FORM micromodel

variant:

One of the different forms of a term, including spelling variants, morphological variants and syntactical variants.

symbol:

Designation of a concept by letters, numerals, pictogrammes or an combination thereof.

abbreviated form:

Term resulting from the omission of any part of a term while designating the same concept. Types of abbreviated forms can include:

• short form
• abbreviation
• initialism
• acronym
• clipped term

grammar:

Grammatical information about a term. Types of grammar can include:

• part of speech
• gender
• grammatical number
• singular
• dual
• plural
• voice
• principal parts
• inflection
• animate

phraseological unit:

Any group of two or more words that form a sense unit. Types of phraseological unit can include:

• collocation
• set phrase
• standard text

term formation:

Classification of a term according to the methodology employed in creating the term. Types of term formation can include:

• borrowed term
• loan term
• barbarism
• loan translation
• false calque
• paraphrase
• neologism