E-language
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English
Alternative forms
- e-language
Etymology
Introduced by Noam Chomsky.
Noun
E-language (uncountable)
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of external language: language as transmitted and shared in the world or community rather than as perceived and understood in the individual.
- 2021 January 31, Helena Smith, “The Greeks had a word for it … until now, as language is deluged by English terms”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
- The emergence of “Greenglish” – Greek written with English letters – as an unofficial e-language since the arrival of the internet has also sparked alarm.
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