ALL meanings of pre-language
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P p - noun pre-language a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language. 1
- noun pre-language communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary sounds in conventional ways with conventional meanings; speech. 1
- noun pre-language the system of linguistic signs or symbols considered in the abstract (opposed to speech). 1
- noun pre-language any set or system of such symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people, who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another. 1
- noun pre-language any system of formalized symbols, signs, sounds, gestures, or the like used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, emotion, etc.: the language of mathematics; sign language. 1
- noun pre-language the means of communication used by animals: the language of birds. 1
- noun pre-language communication of meaning in any way; medium that is expressive, significant, etc.: the language of flowers; the language of art. 1
- noun pre-language linguistics; the study of language. 1
- noun pre-language the speech or phraseology peculiar to a class, profession, etc.; lexis; jargon. 1
- noun pre-language a particular manner of verbal expression: flowery language. 1
- noun pre-language choice of words or style of writing; diction: the language of poetry. 1
- noun pre-language Computers. a set of characters and symbols and syntactic rules for their combination and use, by means of which a computer can be given directions: The language of many commercial application programs is COBOL. 1
- noun pre-language a nation or people considered in terms of their speech. 1
- noun pre-language Archaic. faculty or power of speech. 1