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linguistic form
noun
: a meaningful unit of speech (such as a morpheme, word, or sentence)
called also speech form
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And comparing more recent historic forms of English and Sranan to get at centuries-old linguistic forms isn’t ironclad, Creanza pointed out.
—Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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“Linguistic form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguistic%20form. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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linguistic form
noun
: a meaningful unit of speech (as a part of a word, a word, or a sentence)
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