EGAVE

epilanguage

Meaning

  1. noun A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).
  2. 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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