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Definition of linguistic form

: 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

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First Known Use of linguistic form

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 21 Jun. 2021.

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