private languagen.

Brit.

/ˌprʌɪvᵻt ˈlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˌpraɪvᵻt ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

Forms: see private adj.¹, adv., and n. and language n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: private adj.¹, language n.

Etymology: < private adj.¹ + language n.In sense 2 after German private Sprache (1953 in the passage translated in quot. 1953 at sense 2).

1. A language used amongst a restricted group of people or peculiar to a given community, esp. one sharing a particular identity; a language used by a small circle of friends.In quot. 1555 with reference to a restricted geographical area.

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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > minority or private language

private language1555

minority language1924

1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 296 [The inhabitants of Papinovgorod] haue a priuate language differyng from the Moscouites.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Gibberish, cant; the private language of rogues and gypsies.

1874 R. Lowell Antony Brade xv. 146 They..went on to translate the whole of Antony's composition into their own private language.

1917 E. Wharton Summer ix. 128 They could not say much because of his presence. But..their past was now rich enough to have given them a private language.

1979 D. Francis Whip Hand xiv. 173 The reins felt alive, carrying messages... A private language, shared, understood.

1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue xv. 235 The Duffs and the Burgers..decided for reasons of amusement to devise a private language based partly on their common Scottish-Irish heritage.

2. Philosophy. A language whose basic terms signify the inner, private perceptions and sensations of the speaker and which is therefore intelligible only to that speaker, the possibility of which was argued against by Wittgenstein (see quot. 1953). Frequently in private language argument.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > [noun] > private language

private language1953

1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. i. 94 Sounds which no one else understands but which I ‘appear to understand’ might be called a ‘private language’.

1962 Jrnl. Philos. 59 546 Wittgenstein's and Malcolm's famous private-language argument..is the one that goes to the heart of the analogical thesis.

1990 J. L. Garfield Found. Cognitive Sci. i. i. 6 I will, in a moment, argue that this inference, an apparent cousin to the Private Language Argument, is fallacious.

2003 K. A. Appiah Thinking it Through i. 12 If Wittgenstein was right, there could be no such ‘private languages’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	private language
释义	private languagen. Brit. /ˌprʌɪvᵻt ˈlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌpraɪvᵻt ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ Forms: see private adj.¹, adv., and n. and language n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: private adj.¹, language n. Etymology: < private adj.¹ + language n.In sense 2 after German private Sprache (1953 in the passage translated in quot. 1953 at sense 2). 1. A language used amongst a restricted group of people or peculiar to a given community, esp. one sharing a particular identity; a language used by a small circle of friends.In quot. 1555 with reference to a restricted geographical area. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > minority or private language private language1555 minority language1924 1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 296 [The inhabitants of Papinovgorod] haue a priuate language differyng from the Moscouites. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Gibberish, cant; the private language of rogues and gypsies. 1874 R. Lowell Antony Brade xv. 146 They..went on to translate the whole of Antony's composition into their own private language. 1917 E. Wharton Summer ix. 128 They could not say much because of his presence. But..their past was now rich enough to have given them a private language. 1979 D. Francis Whip Hand xiv. 173 The reins felt alive, carrying messages... A private language, shared, understood. 1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue xv. 235 The Duffs and the Burgers..decided for reasons of amusement to devise a private language based partly on their common Scottish-Irish heritage. 2. Philosophy. A language whose basic terms signify the inner, private perceptions and sensations of the speaker and which is therefore intelligible only to that speaker, the possibility of which was argued against by Wittgenstein (see quot. 1953). Frequently in private language argument. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > [noun] > private language private language1953 1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. i. 94 Sounds which no one else understands but which I ‘appear to understand’ might be called a ‘private language’. 1962 Jrnl. Philos. 59 546 Wittgenstein's and Malcolm's famous private-language argument..is the one that goes to the heart of the analogical thesis. 1990 J. L. Garfield Found. Cognitive Sci. i. i. 6 I will, in a moment, argue that this inference, an apparent cousin to the Private Language Argument, is fallacious. 2003 K. A. Appiah Thinking it Through i. 12 If Wittgenstein was right, there could be no such ‘private languages’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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