6. The handheld electronic device of claim 5 wherein the operations further comprise: making a determination that no word frame already exists that comprises at least some of the plurality of linguistic elements of the new language object and a representation of the given input member in place of the sequential plurality of linguistic elements that are each assigned to the given input member; and responsive to said making a determination, generating a new word frame comprising at least some of the plurality of linguistic elements of the new language object and a representation of the given input member in place of the sequential plurality of linguistic elements that are each assigned to the given input member.
6. The handheld electronic device of claim 5 wherein the operations further comprise: making a determination that no word frame already exists that comprises at least some of the plurality of linguistic elements of the new language object and a representation of the given input member in place of the sequential plurality of linguistic elements that are each assigned to the given input member; and responsive to said making a determination, generating a new word frame comprising at least some of the plurality of linguistic elements of the new language object and a representation of the given input member in place of the sequential plurality of linguistic elements that are each assigned to the given input member. 7. The handheld electronic device of claim 6 wherein the operations further comprise scanning the plurality of language objects to identify additional language objects that comprise said at least some of the plurality of linguistic elements of the new language object, and that further comprise a linguistic element assigned to the given input member.