linguistic terrain
linguistic terrain noun: a spatial conception of the character or use of language or languages.
Noun
linguistic terrain (countable and uncountable, plural linguistic terrains)
- A spatial conception of the character or use of language or languages.
- The purpose is twofold: to show the reader the lions in the Arabian linguistic terrain, those unions of pattern and meaning in which the language may take special pride; and, where appropriate, to see what formal procedures are used in our own back yard to handle the same semantic task.1987, David Justice, The Semantics of Form in Arabic in the Mirror of European Languages, John Benjamins Publishing, pages 7–8
- The tracks laid for the systems of semantical linguistics were among the first evidences of the scientific invasion of linguistic terrain.1997 Laura (Riding) Jackson and Schuyler B. Jackson; edited by William Harmon, "Supplementary Essays: The New Grammar," Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of Words and...
Forms of linguistic terrain
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Questions about linguistic terrain
- What does linguistic terrain mean?
- Linguistic terrain means a spatial conception of the character or use of language or languages.
- What part of speech is linguistic terrain?
- Linguistic terrain is a noun.
- What is the plural of linguistic terrain?
- The plural of linguistic terrain is linguistic terrains.
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