linguistic form
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of linguistic form
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Starr’s latest EP, "Rewind Forward," finds the famed musician in fine linguistic form yet again.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2023
Their goal is to make it impossible for vague senses of dread and dissatisfaction to find linguistic form and evolve into politically actionable concepts.
From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2018
A poem intentionally creates meaning through strictures of linguistic form: rhyme, meter, rhythm, verse, sound, and more.
From The Verge • Aug. 3, 2017
Unless one succeeds in putting them in linguistic form they are soon completely lost; verbal expression makes them part and parcel of our mental possessions.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by Leuba, James H. (James Henry)
Her writings are of classical purity; and her services to the Polish language, which in its present literary worth and linguistic form is equal to any in existence, cannot be overestimated.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
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