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linguistic unit vs formative

formative vs linguistic unit

linguistic unit and formative both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic unit Yes No No No
formative Yes Yes No No
As nouns, formative is a hyponym of linguistic unit; that is, formative is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistic unit:
  • linguistic 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 linguistic unit include discourse, word, syllable, lexeme, morpheme, name, collocation, phone, sound, speech sound, sign.
linguistic 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
linguistic unit (adjective) formative (adjective)
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
capable of forming new cells and tissues
Difference between linguistic unit and formative

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