linguistic barriers

collocation in English

meaningsoflinguisticandbarrier

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linguistic
adjective
uk
/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/us
/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/
connected with language or the study ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbær.i.ər/us
/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition oflinguisticandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such scientific terms, of course, are valuable not only because they transcend linguistic barriers but because they are exceedingly precise.
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Yet they soon realized that numerous logistic and linguistic barriers existed; probably the most formidable was the need to teach students various subjects in a language they did not know.
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In healthcare settings, it provides health professionals with the skills needed to interact effectively with racial and ethnic minority patients and reduces cultural and linguistic barriers to care.
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Added to this is the low mobility of scientists, expert knowledge and experience, caused primarily by legal, administrative and linguistic barriers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Too often, cultural and linguistic barriers between the health service and the ethnic minority communities prevent the latter from using the health service to the full.
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Classifiers are used to describe things, and they transfer well across linguistic barriers.
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Moreover, managing inter-personal dynamics across cultural and linguistic barriers may require approaches sensitive to the cultures involved.
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This publication embodied the editorial vision that poetry shall cross linguistic barriers.
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They bring together people of all ages and from all walks of life, cutting across socioeconomic, cultural, religious, generational and linguistic barriers in the pursuit of harmony.
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Lee's insight into the human heart has allowed his films to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers to speak to audiences all over the world.
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