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sublanguage

noun

Etymology

From sub- + 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 sublanguage — “sub + language”

Definitions

  1. A subset of a language, in particular of a programming language.

    • DML is considered a sublanguage of SQL. It's concerned with manipulating data stored in the database. DML consists of four commonly used statements: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE.

  2. A language restricted to a specific context, such as a particular subject area.

    • the sublanguage of weather bulletins
    • Sublanguages are usually taken from science and technology domains and are restricted to a particular topic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sublanguage. 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