linguistic communication
English Thesaurus
1. a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | communication, |
| definition | : | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | usage, |
| definition | : | the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dead language, |
| definition | : | a language that is no longer learned as a native language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | words, |
| definition | : | language that is spoken or written (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | source language, |
| definition | : | a language that is to be translated into another language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | object language, target language, |
| definition | : | the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sign language, signing, |
| definition | : | language expressed by visible hand gestures (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | artificial language, |
| definition | : | a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | metalanguage, |
| definition | : | a language that can be used to describe languages (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | native language, |
| definition | : | the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | indigenous language, |
| definition | : | a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | superstrate, superstratum, |
| definition | : | the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | natural language, tongue, |
| definition | : | a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | slanguage, |
| definition | : | language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | accent, accent mark, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | expressive style, style, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | alphabetize, |
| definition | : | provide with an alphabet (verb.possession) |
| domain member category | : | well-turned, |
| definition | : | (of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | uncorrupted, undefiled, |
| definition | : | (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | synchronic, |
| definition | : | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | diachronic, historical, |
| definition | : | used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time (adj.all) |
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