language
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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"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
hypernym: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groupshyponym:- 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
synonym: linguistic communication -
(language) communication by word of mouth (synset 107123904)
"his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"domain category: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbolshypernym: auditory communication - communication that relies on hearinghyponym:
- words - the words that are spoken
- orthoepy, pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
- discussion, give-and-take, word - an exchange of views on some topic
- expression, locution, saying - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
- idiolect - the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
- monologue - a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
- charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell - a verbal formula believed to have magical force
- dictation - speech intended for reproduction in writing
- monologue, soliloquy - speech you make to yourself
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The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number (synset 107066015)
"his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"hypernym: text, textual matter - the words of something writtenhyponym: love lyric - the lyric of a love song
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The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication (synset 105816565)
"he didn't have the language to express his feelings"hypernym: higher cognitive process - cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to usehyponym: reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic messagesynonym: linguistic process
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The mental faculty or power of vocal communication (synset 105658665)
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"hypernym: faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mindpart holonym:
- lexis - all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
- lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary - a language user's knowledge of words
synonym: speech -
A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline (synset 106315049)
"legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"hypernym: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identifyhyponym:
- markup language - a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document
- toponomy, toponymy - the nomenclature of regional anatomy
synonym: nomenclature, terminology
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