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language unit vs formative

formative vs language unit

language unit and formative both are nouns.

language unit is not an adjective while formative is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
language unit Yes No No No
formative Yes Yes No No
As nouns, formative is a hyponym of language unit; that is, formative is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than language unit:
  • language unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  • formative: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
Other hyponyms of language unit include discourse, word, syllable, lexeme, morpheme, name, collocation, phone, sound, speech sound, sign.
language unit (noun) formative (noun)
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
language unit (adjective) formative (adjective)
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
capable of forming new cells and tissues
Difference between language unit and formative

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