单词 | prelinguistic |
释义 | prelinguisticadj. Existing, occurring, or originating before the acquisition of speech or the development of language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > [adjective] > terms relating to origin of language > prior to emergence of (grammatical) language prelingual1872 pregrammatical1878 prelinguistic1884 pre-language1928 protolinguistic1955 1884 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 23 Nov. During this prelinguistic period he had a good range of sounds. 1941 Mind 50 421 Mathematics will vanish with the rest of our intellectual heritage if we revert to our pre-linguistic apehood. 1963 S. M. Ervin & W. Miller in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 70 The prelinguistic sounds of deaf and hearing children are indistinguishable in the first three months. 1994 Sci. News 24 Sept. 196/1 As early as 2 months of age, babies intermittently babble approximately 3-second-long ‘prelinguistic phrases’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884 |
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