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(translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's mother tongue, i.e. their main active language, into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages.
n
(sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
adj
Being or relating to an acrostic.
n
(psychology, semiotics) A unit of behavior.
n
(uncountable) The use of the Aeolic language or its syntactic structures.
n
(linguistics) One who speaks a non-native language.
adj
That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.
adj
Being or relating to an anagram.
n
(linguistics) A language used by a social group to prevent outsiders from understanding what is being said.
adj
(rare, linguistics) Of or belonging to argot.
n
The name of a language in that language.
n
A glottonym (language name) used by native speakers as designation for their language.
n
Someone who creates auxiliary languages (auxlangs).
n
(translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's active language, i.e. in which they are fluent and into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages, but which is not their mother tongue.
adj
(rare) Relating to, or having the form of, a backronym.
n
(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.
n
The science/study of the interplay of "degrees" - or, levels of linguistic self-referentiality - in discourse
n
(mathematics, linguistics) A language that has a regular treelike structure
n
Alternative form of birthtongue [(rare) One's first language, learnt in early childhood; native language.]
n
Alternative form of birthtongue [(rare) One's first language, learnt in early childhood; native language.]
n
(rare) One's first language, learnt in early childhood; native language.
n
The language spoken by a child who is still in the process of developing verbal skills.
adj
(linguistics) Following the theoretical approach introduced by Noam Chomsky, et al.
n
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific variety of a language at a given time in its history of development.
n
One who shares a language with someone.
n
(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.
adj
Of or pertaining to a code or codex
adj
Of or pertaining to a codicil.
n
An interdisciplinary branch of linguistics and cognition, combining knowledge and research from many disciplines.
adj
Being or relating to a variant of lexicographic order in which finite sequences are read from right to left instead of from left to right.
n
Alternative form of co-linguist [One who shares a language with someone.]
n
(linguistics, especially Pacific linguistics) The linguistic variety (lect) spoken by a particular speech community.
n
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
n
(linguistics) a pidgin language
n
(sociolinguistics) Prestige acquired in a community by using a non-standard language variety, such as a working-class dialect.
n
(linguistics) A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant.
n
The development by twins (identical or fraternal) of a language that only they can understand.
n
(literally, rare) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cunning, linguist.
n
(linguistics) A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.
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The community language used by the people of a country.
n
(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
n
(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
adj
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
adj
(linguistics) Abbreviation of dialectal. [Of or relating to a dialect.]
n
(linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese or Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
n
(linguistics) A range of dialects that vary slightly by region, so that the further apart two regions are, the more the language differs.
n
(dialectology) An enclave where a dialect is physically isolated from similar dialects.
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(linguistics) the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety
n
Someone knowledgable about dialects.
n
(linguistics) A dialectal word or phrase (especially if borrowed into another dialect or into 'standard' language).
n
(linguistics) Alternative form of dialecticism. [The quality of being dialectic.]
n
(linguistics) The variation in a language across degrees of formality
n
(linguistics) A system that reflects features common to a group of linguistic varieties.
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to a dictionary; of a type or style commonly found in a dictionary.
n
(lexicography) A type of scholarly dictionary that displays the history of lexical items through citations.
n
(linguistics, sociology) The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages.
n
(linguistics) A general theory of language and a discovery procedure for establishing elements and structures of language based on observed usage.
n
(linguistics) A languoid that has been documented in any way, including raw data such as sound files, primary data such as transcribed text, or secondary data such as a grammatical description.
n
(linguistics) external language: language as transmitted and shared in the world or community rather than as perceived and understood in the individual
n
A language variety unique to a household.
adj
(linguistics) Describing an indigenous language that is the main or the official language of a region or country
n
(linguistics, education) A more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, determining the form in which a message will be uttered.
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The branch of ethnolinguistics dealing with grammar.
n
A language variety specific to an ethnic group.
n
The etymology of characters and their structure, such as those in Chinese.
adj
(comparable) (of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage and/or the source language).
n
A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)
n
(linguistics) A standard language forged by non-native speakers.
n
Language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing.
n
(linguistics) The language variant used by a family when speaking among themselves.
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A language variety spoken within a single family.
n
A separate language for expressing ideas, as opposed to the vernacular (mother tongue) which is employed for everyday speech.
n
The first language one is taught to speak; one's native language.
n
(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
adj
(linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
n
Beliefs held by speakers about their language or language more generally; the study of these beliefs.
n
A language that is not one's native tongue.
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A dialect associated with a particular gender.
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Support for generative linguistics.
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A dialect spoken in a particular geographical area.
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(linguistics) A proposed monogenetic word origin; a Proto-Human reconstructed word.
n
(linguistics) A focus on the translated meaning of a word or phrase, ignoring all other linguistic attributes such as syntax and phonology.
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Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).
n
A person who studies grammar.
n
A person who studies grammar
n
A person who studies grammar.
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(linguistics) A written variant of a language, analogous to a spoken dialect of a language.
v
(dated outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
n
(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
n
(linguistics) One's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language.
n
(sociology, linguistics) The coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties, styles of discourse, or points of view within a single language, as in a literary work.
n
(sociology, linguistics) The presence of a single linguistic variety, style of discourse, or point of view, as in a literary work.
n
The variety of a language that is spoken by the aristocracy.
n
(linguistics) internal language: language as perceived and understood in the individual rather than as transmitted and shared in the world or community
n
(linguistics) An invented form of dialect, language, or speech used by children, typically twins, and intelligible only to its speakers.
n
A person who speaks an idiolect.
n
(linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
adj
Pertaining to an idiolect.
n
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
n
(linguistics) A language variety that combines features of two or more dialects.
n
(linguistics) The study of international communication, focused especially on planned international auxiliary languages and having e.g. Esperanto and Interlingua as a chief applied product.
n
(linguistics) A language intended to be used by people who do not share a common language.
n
(linguistics) A language or dialect; coined as a neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect.’
adj
Of or relating to jargon (technical language).
n
(linguistics) A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other, especially minor languages.
n
(linguistics) A word borrowed among many languages denoting a cross-cultural concept.
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Mother tongue; someone's native language; own language.
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A second language (a language being learned, as opposed to mother tongue).
n
the geographical area where some language is commonly spoken
n
A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.
n
(linguistics) A situation where two or more languages in the same geographic region merge together without a definable boundary.
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The death of a language, when a language loses its last native speaker
n
(linguistics) A set of languages which have evolved from a common ancestor.
n
(linguistics) An enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.
n
(linguistics) A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.
n
A schoolroom equipped with audio equipment so that students may hear and practice speaking a language they are learning.
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(linguistics) A language revitalisation programme in which children and non-native speakers acquire the endangered language through immersion in special-purpose locations called 'nests'.
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A method of language learning based on mutual language practicing by learning partners who speak different languages.
n
The property of being a language.
n
(rare, nonstandard) A user of a language.
n
A metaphorical landscape of language or languages.
n
(rare) Linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.
n
A linguist; one who is proficient in languages.
n
(linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.
n
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of linguist. [One who studies linguistics.]
n
(linguistics) Synonym of lect: a language, variety of a language, or group of languages.
n
(linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
n
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
adj
Relating to legistics.
n
The Leipzig Glossing Rules or glossing style, a style of glossing used by linguists.
adj
(linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
n
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
n
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
n
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
adj
Of or pertaining to a lexicon or dictionary.
adj
of or pertaining to lexicostatistics
n
Statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages, based on the proportion of cognates.
n
(linguistics) A unit of lexis.
n
Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
n
A culture with its associated language.
n
A person who loves languages and words.
n
One who discriminates on the basis of language.
n
Advocacy of languages on a regional basis
n
A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.
n
The use of terminology in a language that treats different social categories (such as gender) unequally.
n
The totality of languages that occur in a certain region.
n
A spatial conception of the character or use of language or languages.
n
(linguistics) study of functional styles and expressive potential of a language
n
A common language linking various people groups or ethnicities, where the adopted language is not a native language of any of the speakers using it; lingua franca
n
Alternative spelling of link language. [A common language linking various people groups or ethnicities, where the adopted language is not a native language of any of the speakers using it; lingua franca]
n
(linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
n
(sociolinguistics, Slavistics) A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.
n
A language which is still spoken in the contemporary period, as opposed to a dead language.
n
(linguistics) A group of mutually intelligible speech varieties that have no traditional name in common, and which may be considered distinct languages by their speakers.
n
(linguistics) The idiolect of the mother or the mother's clan in a household where the mother and the father speak different idiolects.
n
(linguistics) The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded.
n
(linguistics, rare) mass comparison
n
(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.
n
(sociolinguistics) A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
n
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process
n
A linguist whose speciality is metalanguage
n
A multilanguage thesaurus, typically concerning a single specialist subject
adv
(poetry) Synonym of metri gratia
n
(sociolinguistics) A language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory.
adj
(grammar) Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese.
n
Synonym of mother tongue
n
Informal speech, as opposed to educated language.
n
(attributive) mother tongue
n
(sociolinguistics, language planning) acronym of Mother-Tongue Medium.; a medium in which the native language of the pouplation is used, such as in education or in writing.
n
(software engineering) The act of adapting or localizing something to, into, or for multiple languages
v
(usually software engineering) To adapt or localize something to, into, or for multiple languages.
n
One's first language, learned in early childhood.
adj
(linguistics) Characteristic of a native speaker.
n
(conlanging) a natural language, one that arose without intentional design
n
(linguistics) Someone who has another native tongue than the language being used.
n
Correct speaking or the correct use of words.
n
(linguistics, sociolinguistics, rare) A language variety unique to a child or to a youth.
adj
(nonce word, obsolete) Of or relating to a paragraphist.
n
An idiolect that closely approximates the dominant or most prestigious language form, but differs slightly, reflecting the speaker's original dialect, especially as regards to accent.
n
Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.
n
(linguistics) The language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.
n
(linguistics, sociolinguistics, rare) A language variety unique to a child or to a youth.
n
(linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
n
(linguistics) The study of phrasal verbs, idioms, and hyphenated nouns and adjectives (and of rhetorical and literary terminology) and how they are categorized or typed.
adj
Consisting of a peculiar form of words.
n
(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
n
(linguistics) The idea that human language cannot be learned by young children with what information they are given, unless they already have an innate knowledge of language or universal grammar.
n
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language in a social context.
n
(linguistics) An early mixture of languages capable of developing into a pidgin.
n
(linguistics) Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld.
n
The lexicon of a protolanguage
adj
(of a culture) With written language that is in its early stages.
n
(linguistics) Meaningless writing-like patterns drawn by children who cannot yet write.
n
(linguistics) A hypothetical, usually unattested language formed by making comparisons between the similarities of actual languages.
n
A lect spoken in a particular geographical region.
n
A dialect spoken in a particular geographical region.
adj
Relating to the register of language.
n
A language variety with its own history and development, which is used by a religious community.
adj
(obsolete, rare) In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.
n
(linguistics) The principle that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.
n
A creole that exists within a culture where one of the parent languages remains the dominant local language.
n
A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
n
(uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing.
n
(rare) A person who tends to use and enjoy long (sesquipedalian) words.
n
(rare) Alternative form of sesquipedalianism [(uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing.]
n
(linguistics) A variety of a language spoken by people who have a different first language, with features transferred from the first language in parallel by individual speakers rather than by a cohesive group.
n
(sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.
n
(sociolinguistics) A feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc.
n
The aspect of language use that relates to everyday social practices.
n
(linguistics) The Sound Pattern of English
n
(linguistics) A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language
n
(nonce word) Philology; grammar.
n
(linguistics) A group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation.
n
Alternative form of Sprachgefühl [The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.]
n
Alternative form of Sprachgefühl [The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.]
n
(linguistics) Language area, language zone; geographical region where a language is spoken
n
(linguistics) A shared way of speaking that goes beyond language boundaries, such as the use of rhyme in hip-hop.
n
(linguistics) A tree of genetically related languages or dialects formed by grouping them according to their most recent common ancestor.
n
(sociolinguistics) A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most "correct" or neutral variety; used by a population for public and formal purposes.
n
A subdivision of a dialect
n
(linguistics) A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
n
A teaching method, mainly for foreign languages, that uses songs and games and focuses more on experimenting with the language than on formal acquisition of its rules.
n
A form of language that contains all the words in two or more different dialects
n
(linguistics) A broad grouping of languages; a phylum.
n
(linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language
n
(education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
n
(linguistics) The language a learner is attempting to acquire.
adj
Of or pertaining to textology.
n
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region.
n
(linguistics) The dynamic process whereby multilingual language users mediate complex social and cognitive activities through strategic employment of multiple semiotic resources to act, to know, and to be.
n
(linguistics) The coexistence of three closely related native languages or dialects among a certain population.
n
a form of autonomous language, using nicknames, gestures, abbreviations, or terminology that only identical twins can use and understand
n
(linguistics) The sociolinguistic study of variation in usage among speakers of the same language.
adj
(linguistics) Focused on synchronic or historical variation in the forms of language used
n
Language unique to a particular group of people.
adj
(archaic) Relating to vocabulary.
n
(conlanging) A constructed language that is based on several natural languages, typically from different language families. Examples include Lojban, Toki Pona, and Lidepla
n
Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).
n
Knowledge of a language one has never learned.
n
The ability to speak in a language which the individual has not learned.
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