| interlanguage | (noun) a common language used by speakers of different languages | Synonyms: koine, lingua franca |
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| language | (noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | Synonyms: speech |
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| (noun) the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication | Synonyms: linguistic process |
| (noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | Synonyms: linguistic communication |
| (noun) (language) communication by word of mouth | Synonyms: oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication |
| (noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | Synonyms: lyric, words |
| (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: nomenclature, terminology |
| messuage | (noun) (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
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| metalanguage | (noun) a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
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| paralanguage | (noun) the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings | Synonyms: paralinguistic communication |
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| slanguage | (noun) language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant | - |
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