11. A handheld electronic device comprising: an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input keys, at least some of the input keys each having a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto; a processor; a memory having stored therein a plurality of language objects and a number of word frames associated with the plurality of language objects, the memory having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to be adapted to perform operations comprising: detecting an ambiguous input comprising sequential selections of the input keys; identifying, from the stored word frames, a word frame corresponding with the ambiguous input, the word frame comprising a root portion and a contracted portion, the root portion comprising one or more linguistic elements, the contracted portion comprising a representation of one of the plurality of input keys; identifying a language object associated with the identified word frame, the associated language object comprising the linguistic elements of the root portion, and one or more linguistic elements corresponding with the contracted portion; and outputting the associated language object.
11. A handheld electronic device comprising: an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input keys, at least some of the input keys each having a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto; a processor; a memory having stored therein a plurality of language objects and a number of word frames associated with the plurality of language objects, the memory having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to be adapted to perform operations comprising: detecting an ambiguous input comprising sequential selections of the input keys; identifying, from the stored word frames, a word frame corresponding with the ambiguous input, the word frame comprising a root portion and a contracted portion, the root portion comprising one or more linguistic elements, the contracted portion comprising a representation of one of the plurality of input keys; identifying a language object associated with the identified word frame, the associated language object comprising the linguistic elements of the root portion, and one or more linguistic elements corresponding with the contracted portion; and outputting the associated language object. 17. The handheld electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise: when unable to identify a word frame corresponding with the ambiguous input, identifying, from the stored word frames, a word frame partially corresponding with the ambiguous input.