linguistic communication

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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" language communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups usage - the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French" dead language - a language that is no longer learned as a native language words - language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words" source language - a language that is to be translated into another language target language, object language - the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated accent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation sign language, signing - language expressed by visible hand gestures artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose metalanguage - a language that can be used to describe languages native language - the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood indigenous language - a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere superstrate, superstratum - the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language interlanguage, lingua franca, koine - a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" linguistic string, string of words, word string - a linear sequence of words as spoken or written expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" barrage, bombardment, onslaught, outpouring - the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" slanguage - language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant alphabetize - provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" synchronic - concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics" diachronic, historical - used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics"