We found 1 definitions of linguistic communication from 1 different sources.
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linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "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" | ||
language | ||
communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | ||
usage the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French" | ||
dead language a language that is no longer learned as a native language | ||
words language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words" | ||
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, lingua franca, koine a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" | ||
linguistic string, string of words, word string a linear sequence of words as spoken or written | ||
barrage, onslaught, bombardment, outpouring the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" | ||
slanguage language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant |