language; linguistic communication




a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

"he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

Type of:
  • communication

Types:
  • usage
  • dead language
  • words
  • source language
  • object language; target language
  • sign language; signing
  • artificial language
  • metalanguage
  • native language
  • indigenous language
  • superstrate; superstratum
  • natural language; tongue
  • lingua franca; interlanguage; koine
  • string of words; word string; linguistic string
  • barrage; bombardment; outpouring; onslaught
  • slanguage


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