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epilanguage

noun

Etymology

From epi- + language.

  1. derived from *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s✻
  2. derived from dingua
  3. derived from lingua
  4. derived from *linguāticum✻
  5. derived from language
  6. inherited from langage
  7. prefixed as epilanguage — “epi + language”

Definitions

  1. A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship…

    A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).

  2. A more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, determining the form in which a…

    A more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, determining the form in which a message will be uttered.

    • Gombert begins the volume by presenting evidence that in addition to explicit teaching of basic decoding skills, metalinguistic knowledge or epilanguage that children bring into reading is also important.
    • Critical expressions may therefore be statements or entrenched beliefs, or even paradigms, which belong to the epilanguage or background knowledge of sciences.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for epilanguage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA