language usage
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflanguageandusage
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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usage
noun
uk/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/us/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
the way a particular word in a language, or a language in general, ...
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(Definition oflanguageandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflanguage usage
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However, new trends in terms oflanguageusageare made more visible in this project.
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They lack all the hesitations and pronunciation errors common to spokenlanguageusage.
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There is otherlanguageusagein broadcasting which is resisted by listeners but permissible in informal speech.
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Further, certain cultural boundaries can make it difficult to have access to authenticlanguageusage, particularly by out-group individuals who work on indigenous languages.
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Both of these are pre-empted by syntactic forms in commonlanguageusageand certainly in child-directed speech.
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There is a notion that guidelines for plainlanguageusagemay be written by experts, in this case experts from other countries.
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The null hypothesis was derived by determining the frequency with which consonants and vowels are immediate neighbors in generallanguageusage.
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In particular, authenticlanguageusagecan be easily recorded and preserved for those goals.
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As a result, all communities are stratified into generations, each one of which is characterized by its specificlanguageusage.
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I think this matches our ordinarylanguageusage.
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This does not mean that students should be encouraged to ignore or sidestep suchlanguageusage.
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In any instance of linguistic change, the unpredictable circumstances oflanguageusageinfluence the course of development alongside the structural and grammatical factors involved.
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For me, regularlanguageusagemeans the first of these alternatives.
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This con-icting information suggests that generallanguageusageis unsettled.
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Such assessments are troubling for a number of reasons, but they reflect a sociolinguistic reality about language varieties andlanguageusage.
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In contrast, the comuneros are nostalgic about the purelanguageusageof the past.
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