linguistic difference

collocation in English

meaningsoflinguisticanddifference

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linguistic
adjective
uk
/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/us
/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/
connected with language or the study ...
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difference
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition oflinguisticanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The diaspora label usually assumes cultural andlinguisticdifferencebetween places that give form to a diasporic consciousness and identity and places of origin.
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The first is to examine how advertising and other market-driven discourses use languages and exploitlinguisticdifferencein order to sell products and services.
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Diversity in language is obvious enough, is indeed part and parcel of all living languages, since social difference finds expression inlinguisticdifference.
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Nor are they constrained by cultural or bylinguisticdifference.
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Thelinguisticdifferencebetween the two professional groups cannot simply be described along a linear dimension from vernacular to standard.
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This difference contributes to thelinguisticdifferencebetween the two professional groups.
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This is particularly true of the distinction in acceptability between (22a) and (22b), which does not seem to correlate with any otherlinguisticdifferencebetween the two collocations.
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In any case there is a clearlinguisticdifferencebetween the various versions.
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It has an even greater effect in areas where there is alinguisticdifference.
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I think that compassion is better than charity, but that may be alinguisticdifferencebetween us.
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So thelinguisticdifferenceis: types (or kinds) have tokens (or instances); classes, on the other hand, have members.
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This is just alinguisticdifferencein order to show the historical circumstances these states came into existence by.
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Suchlinguisticdifferencemay be important as social markers for a particular ethnic group.
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For example, national boundaries frequently overridelinguisticdifferencein determining whether two linguistic varieties are languages or dialects.
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