ordinary language
collocation in Englishmeaningsofordinaryandlanguage
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ordinary
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofordinaryandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofordinary language
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Or does 'ordinarylanguage' mean something different from a 'natural and easy way of expression'?
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We do not simply, through being rational and knowingordinarylanguage, 'know' the meaning of all necessary moral words.
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The existence of such truth predicates has the same strength as the corresponding notion for the moreordinarylanguageof implicational formulas.
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When the only documents at our disposal are written, where is the best place to look for traces ofordinarylanguageuse?
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Butordinarylanguagedoes not abandon us in these situations.
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One version of the question asks whether "reasonable" in the phrase "reasonable doubt" has the same meaning as "reasonable" does inordinarylanguage.
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Of course, it is possible to useordinarylanguageto express thoughts - we do it all the time.
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To suppose otherwise is to endow theordinarylanguageterm "color" with more authority than it can bear.
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This rather artificial distinction is difficult to reconcile with the principle that legislative language should follow the rules ofordinarylanguageas much as possible.
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That is, the term "red" names a certain property, one that satisfies a range of platitudes assumed byordinarylanguageusers.
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From the non-verbal, conceptual representation of the input, production of the intended message takes place in a way similar toordinarylanguageproduction.
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Ordinarylanguageserves several purposes in addition to representation of states of affairs.
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Theordinarylanguageis very informal and forms par t of children's upbringing and socialization.
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Ordinarylanguage, supplemented by diagrams, mathematical formulae, and neologized technical nouns, verbs, and adjectives, is adequate for the expression of neuroscientists' amazingly impressive discoveries.
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In this enterprise it is important to realize the great ambiguity of manyordinarylanguagewords.
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Rather, the question is whether this verbatim phonological memory store is necessary forordinarylanguagecomprehension.
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Legislation should be written in a style that is as close toordinarylanguageas is consistent with the accuracy requirements of the legislation.
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But the other end of the language problem, the domain of thoughts or meanings, has remained elusive to non-tautologicalordinarylanguagedescription.
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Aesthetic responses are notoriously difficult to explain inordinarylanguage, partly because of their complexity.
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More signposting of his logic inordinarylanguage, in the spirit of this book, would have been welcome.
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