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intralinguistic

intralinguistic adjective: within a single language; contrasted with crosslinguistic.

Adjective

intralinguistic (not comparable)

  1. Within a single language; contrasted with crosslinguistic.
  2. Linguistic, language-only; due to linguistic factors and processes; contrasted with extralinguistic.

Origin of intralinguistic

From intra- + linguistic.

Questions about intralinguistic

What does intralinguistic mean?
Intralinguistic means within a single language; contrasted with crosslinguistic.
What part of speech is intralinguistic?
Intralinguistic is an adjective.

Words near intralinguistic in the dictionary

  1. intraligand
  2. intralimb
  3. intralimbic
  4. intralineage
  5. intralingual
  6. intralinguistic
  7. intralinguistically
  8. intralinked
  9. intralipid
  10. intralipids
  11. intraliposomal

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