linguistic communication

1. A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols (synset 106293304)
   "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"
   associated with:

   • 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
   is a type of: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: language

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