Definition of sublanguage in English:
sublanguage
noun ˈsʌbˌlaŋɡwɪdʒˈsəbˌlaNGɡwij
A specialized language or jargon associated with a specific group or context.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a sublanguage under ‘Sepik’ and is spoken on Papua New Guinea, apparently by a race of mathematical savants.
- It's important to mention that sublanguages and controlled languages are not mutually exclusive.
- In some areas, there were sublanguages for use in the presence of certain relatives, for communicating with children, or for ceremonial occasions.
- One of these sublanguages has recently originated at the boundary between Russian and English speaking cultures.
- Although he didn't put it this way, the distributions in sublanguages are very sharp, light-tailed.
- On the contrary, the urge to catalog and describe sublanguages accurately implies a certain amount of respect.