Meaning of language in English

Examples of language

language
Understanding the link between joint attention and language.
English, by contrast, is a language in which argument omission is not permitted.
There are three fields of language planning - status, corpus, and, acquisition - and three types of actors: individuals, communities, and states.
Thus, there is a qualitative difference between the outcome of language contact with respect to at least one point: the past participles.
These forms will be useful to researchers and clinicians who are seeking a quick assessment of early language.
Or does 'ordinary language' mean something different from a 'natural and easy way of expression'?
We do not simply, through being rational and knowing ordinary language, 'know' the meaning of all necessary moral words.
Despite the fundamental role phonetic representations play in language acquisition, there has been very little research on their development in a bilingual context.
In terms purely of logic and expediency, the argument in favour of a single language is difficult to oppose.
First, the language includes arrays of purely functional values.
In a language-learning situation with restricted availability to the target language, such a system would likely be predicted purely on the grounds of transfer.
In 2005, 89.5 per cent of pupils chose it as their first foreign language.
In studying the psychological effects of bilingualism, the time and circumstances of individuals' experiences with different languages and sociocultural settings should be carefully examined.
How far can the number of working languages be reduced?
Using the connection between language and reasoning to improve concept generation may assist in reducing the overall cost in the product realization cycle.
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Collocations with language

language

These are words often used in combination with language.

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alien language
The already beleaguered common worker was further entangled in the alien language of rules and regulations to fight for his rights.
classical language
This label is the name for the rule, and it is also a term in the classical language.
coarse language
No wonder, either, that the text's occasionally coarse language was bowdlerized.
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Translations of language

in Chinese (Traditional)
語言…
in Chinese (Simplified)
语言…
in Spanish
idioma, lenguaje, lenguaje [masculine…
in Portuguese
idioma, língua, linguagem…
in more languages
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in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Arabic
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Korean
in Ukrainian
in Italian
in Russian
言語, 言葉…
dil, lisan, bir ülkede konuşulan dil…
langage [masculine], langue [feminine], langage…
llengua, idioma, llenguatge…
لُغة…
řeč, jazyk, mluva…
sprog, udtryksform, jargon…
bahasa, bahasa suatu negara…
ภาษาพูดของมนุษย์, ภาษา, ศัพท์เฉพาะ…
ngôn ngữ, tiếng nói của một đất nước, cách ăn nói…
język…
bahasa…
die Sprache, die Fachsprache…
språk [neuter], språk, fagspråk…
언어, 말…
мова…
lingua, linguaggio…
язык, речь, стиль…
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