a variety of language with its own terms and expressions that is used by a particular group or to talk about a particular subject, for example, the language used by doctors to talk to each other about medicine, or the language of a technical instruction manual
Synonyms and related words
Types of language and general words for language
acrolect
a living language
basilect
sublanguage
noun countable linguistics
US /ˈsʌbˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
Word Forms
singular
sublanguage
plural
sublanguages
DEFINITIONS1
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a variety of language with its own terms and expressions that is used by a particular group or to talk about a particular subject, for example, the language used by doctors to talk to each other about medicine, or the language of a technical instruction manual