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LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
Example:
the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
Synonyms:
language; linguistic communication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("linguistic communication" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Domain member category:
accent; accent mark (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation)
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)
language; oral communication; speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; voice communication ((language) communication by word of mouth)
alphabetize (provide with an alphabet)
crystal clear; limpid; lucid; luculent; pellucid; perspicuous ((of language) transparently clear; easily understandable)
well-turned ((of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed)
uncorrupted; undefiled ((of language) not having its purity or excellence debased)
synchronic (concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents)
diachronic; historical (used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "linguistic communication"):
usage (the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written)
dead language (a language that is no longer learned as a native language)
words (language that is spoken or written)
source language (a language that is to be translated into another language)
object language; target language (the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated)
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; koine; lingua franca (a common language used by speakers of different languages)
linguistic string; string of words; word string (a linear sequence of words as spoken or written)
barrage; bombardment; onslaught; outpouring (the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written))
slanguage (language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant)
