epilanguage
Meaning
- noun A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).
- noun A more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, determining the form in which a message will be uttered.
Similar words
parole literary language lexifier paralect hyperlect classroomese exophora basilect xenolalia semi-learned borrowing
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