What is a contentive?

A contentive is a word which has lexical meaning such as a noun or a verb.

Here are some examples of contentives:

• Thing
• Action
• Quality or state of being

• Concept module: contentive
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): C
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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