non-language
adjective[before noun]
(nonlanguage)uk/ˌnɒnˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˌnɑːnˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/notrelatingtospeakingorlearningalanguage:
Many ofourstudentschoosetostudyonelanguageand one non-languagesubject.
testsoflanguageand non-languageability
not using words tocommunicatesomething:
Winking,grinning, and other non-languageformsofexpressioncancommunicatea lot ofinformationto anotherperson.
- Tofocusonly on whether or not someonespeaksEnglishis toignorenon-languageaspectsofculture.
- InadditiontoteachingEnglish,participantsin theexchangeprogrammemay beaskedtoprovideinstructionin non-languagesubjectssuch asart,music, ormathematics.
- Several nonlanguagecoursesareincludedaspartof thecurriculum.
- Someinterviewerswillpayattentionto nonlanguagecommunicationcueslikebodypostureor alackofeyecontact.
Subjects & disciplines
- Afrocentrism
- andragogy
- AP
- applicative
- applied
- functional skills
- glaciology
- hard science
- historiography
- home economics
- ontology
- oology
- orientalist
- PE
- pedagogy
- subscience
- suicidology
- technical
- technically
- TEFL
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Gestures & gesturing
Ways of talking
non-language
noun[CorU]
(alsononlanguage)uk/ˌnɒnˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˌnɑːnˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/sounds,movements, or otherformsofcommunicationthat do notincludewords, or do not havemeaning:
Theactorsimproviseusingpreparednonlanguage.
Hedismissedmostpoliticians'utterancesas "non-language".
- I'minterestedin the media's use oflanguageand non-language inreportingnews.
- Theperformancesdo not usuallyincludewords,insteadusingmusicand abitofgarblednon-language.
- His words, nomatterwhichlanguageor nonlanguage they are in, are allequallymeaningless.
Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- bird
- blow
- blowsomeonea kissphrase
- flipsomeoneoff
- flourish
- gesticulate
- gesticulation
- gesture
- pumpsomeone'shandidiom
- shrug
- signing
- snapyourfingersidiom
- stick/putyourtongue outidiom
- tongue
- two fingers
- wink
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Ways of talking