Words are the basic unit of language.

词汇是语言的基本单位。

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Discourse is the basic unit of language.

语篇是语言的基本单位。

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According to linguistic theory, the word is the fundamental unit of language.

语言学理论认为，词语是构成语言本体的基本单位。

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By the way, in what I'm saying, I oversimplify by supposing that the basic unit of language is a word.

因为我想说的是，我们现在是把语言的基本单位简单化了。

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I don't know a unit of language which I use to communicate with you positively.

我不是主动地知道,交际用的语言单位。

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Sometimes the basic unit is the phrase, but some other times the basic unit is the phoneme or if one's studying language as a system of writing it might be the syllable.

有时候基本单位是一个词组，有时候则是一个音素,也就是在写作的研究中的,一个音节。

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