Definition: "Fragmentariness" is a concept in the field of linguistics that refers to the degree to which a word or phrase can be broken down into simpler parts, such as words or phrases. This can involve the use of morphological features like suffixes and prefixes, as well as syntactic structures like clauses and adjectives. For example, "apple" is made up of two words: "appel" (which means "apple") and "le" (which means "a").