Formative and Linguistic unit

Formative noun - Minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function.

Linguistic unit and formative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Linguistic unit" instead a noun "Formative".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, format, formated, formating

Linguistic unit noun - One of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed.

Formative and linguistic unit are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Formative" with "Linguistic unit", this terms are similar.