linguistic form

noun

: a meaningful unit of speech (such as a morpheme, word, or sentence)

called also speech form

Examples of linguistic form in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

linguistic form

noun

: a meaningful unit of speech (as a part of a word, a word, or a sentence)