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A1[U]asystemofcommunicationconsisting ofsounds, words, andgrammar: She doesresearchinto howchildrenacquirelanguage.她研究儿童是如何习得语言的。 Thistypeof parent-childinteractionisassociatedwith languagelearningininfancy. [C]asystemofcommunicationused bypeoplelivingin aparticularcountry: Do youspeakanyforeignlanguages?"你会说外语吗? I'mhopelessatlearninglanguages.我根本不是学语言的料。 theEnglishlanguage英语 Comparetongue(LANGUAGE)literary dialect [C]asystemofsymbolsandrulesfor writinginstructionsforcomputers: Javaand Perl are bothimportantcomputerprogramminglanguages. [U]the way that someonespeaksor writes, forexample, thekindof words andphrasesthat they use: No onewantstohearfoullanguage coming from themouthsofchildren. Ininterviews, he wasfondofflowerylanguage. He said some of the languageappearedinflammatoryandbiased. [U]thespecialwords andphrasesused bypeoplewho do aparticulartypeofwork: legal/technicallanguage法律专业用语/术语 the language ofbusiness商业用语 [U]informalrudeoroffensivewords: Mymotherwouldn'tletuswatchit because of the language. Less of that language,please! - She'sstudyingmodernJapaneselanguage andculture.
- Unable tospeaka word of the language, hecommunicatedwith hishands.
- We wereencouragedtolearnforeignlanguages atschool.
- Hernovelshave beentranslatedinto 19 languages.
- One of themainreasonsI came toEnglandwas tostudythe language.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLinguistic terms & linguistic style - affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- oxymoron
- parallelism
- philological
- philology
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Computer programming & software Ways of speaking Swearing and blasphemy GrammarNationalities, languages, countries and regions When we refer to a nation or region, we can use:… Idiomspeak/talk the same language (Definition oflanguagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)A1asystemofcommunicationconsisting ofsounds, words, andgrammar, or thesystemofcommunicationused bypeoplein aparticularcountryortypeofwork 语言She doesresearchinto howchildrenacquirelanguage.她研究儿童是如何习得语言的。 Do youspeakanyforeignlanguages?"你会说外语吗? I'mhopelessatlearninglanguages.我根本不是学语言的料。 theEnglishlanguage英语 legal/technicallanguage法律专业用语/术语 the language ofbusiness商业用语 Javaand Perl are bothimportantcomputerprogramminglanguages(=systemsof writinginstructionsforcomputers).Java 和 Perl 都是重要的计算机编程语言。 - She'sstudyingmodernJapaneselanguage andculture.
- Unable tospeaka word of the language, hecommunicatedwith hishands.
- We wereencouragedtolearnforeignlanguages atschool.
- Hernovelshave beentranslatedinto 19 languages.
- One of themainreasonsI came toEnglandwas tostudythe language.
GrammarNationalities, languages, countries and regions When we refer to a nation or region, we can use:… Idiomspeak/talk the same language language| American Dictionaryasystemofcommunicationbyspeaking, writing, or makingsignsin a way that can beunderstood, or any of the differentsystemsofcommunicationused inparticularregions: [C]theEnglishlanguage [C]American Sign Language [C]Hespeakssixforeignlanguages. [U]Her languageskillsareexcellent. Language is also aparticulartypeofexpression: [U]beautifullanguage [U]foullanguage(=offensivewords) Incomputerprogramming, a language is asystemof writinginstructionsforcomputers. (Definition oflanguagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)language| Business EnglishCOMMUNICATIONSthemethodofhumancommunicationthat usesspeakingand writing, or thesystemofcommunicationinspeakingand writing that is used by thepeopleof aparticularcountry: learn/understand a languageIt'seasiertolearna language when you'reyounger. speak/use a language35% ofresidentsspeaka language other thanEnglishathome. Many Britishpeoplespeaknoforeignlanguages. in a languageBusinessdealsoften go moresmoothlyif you canspeaktopeopleintheirown language. Too manychildrenleaveschoolwithpoorlanguageskills,unabletocomposealetteroremail. Thecompanyofferslanguageclassesforemployeespostedabroad. COMMUNICATIONSaparticularstyleofspeakingor writing, forexample, one that is used by thepeopledoing aparticularjob: When you are givinginstructions, makesureyou use language that everyone canunderstand. the language of sthTheyspeakthe language ofinternationalfinance. ITwritteninstructions, forexample,rulesandsymbols, given to acomputerso it canunderstandwhat theuserwantsit to do: Thisversionof the UNIX languageservesas asoftwareplatformforcomputerprograms. speak/talk the same language tounderstandsomeone because you have the same way ofthinkingabout things, or of doing things: Ourbusinessescomplementeach other, and wespeakthe same language. See alsoassembly language body language computer language machine language object language official language programming language world language (Definition oflanguagefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesoflanguagelanguage Understanding the link between joint attention andlanguage.From theCambridge English Corpus English, by contrast, is alanguagein which argument omission is not permitted.From theCambridge English Corpus There are three fields oflanguageplanning - status, corpus, and, acquisition - and three types of actors: individuals, communities, and states.From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, there is a qualitative difference between the outcome oflanguagecontact with respect to at least one point: the past participles.From theCambridge English Corpus These forms will be useful to researchers and clinicians who are seeking a quick assessment of earlylanguage.From theCambridge English Corpus Or does 'ordinarylanguage' mean something different from a 'natural and easy way of expression'?From theCambridge English Corpus We do not simply, through being rational and knowing ordinarylanguage, 'know' the meaning of all necessary moral words.From theCambridge English Corpus Despite the fundamental role phonetic representations play inlanguageacquisition, there has been very little research on their development in a bilingual context.From theCambridge English Corpus In terms purely of logic and expediency, the argument in favour of a singlelanguageis difficult to oppose.From theCambridge English Corpus First, thelanguageincludes arrays of purely functional values.From theCambridge English Corpus In alanguage-learning situation with restricted availability to the targetlanguage, such a system would likely be predicted purely on the grounds of transfer.From theCambridge English Corpus In 2005, 89.5 per cent of pupils chose it as their first foreignlanguage.From theCambridge English Corpus In studying the psychological effects of bilingualism, the time and circumstances of individuals' experiences with different languages and sociocultural settings should be carefully examined.From theCambridge English Corpus How far can the number of working languages be reduced?From theCambridge English Corpus Using the connection betweenlanguageand reasoning to improve concept generation may assist in reducing the overall cost in the product realization cycle.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithlanguagelanguageThese are words often used in combination withlanguage. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. alien language The already beleaguered common worker was further entangled in the alien language of rules and regulations to fight for his rights. From theCambridge English Corpus classical language This label is the name for the rule, and it is also a term in theclassicallanguage. From theCambridge English Corpus coarse language No wonder, either, that the text's occasionally coarse language was bowdlerized. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/language## |