Pseudolanguage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pseudolanguage is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.
Meaning
(countable, uncountable) Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.
More Meanings
- (computing, countable) A means of describing an algorithm in human terms, without the use of a true programming language.
Example Sentences
Some mediums have spoken in elaborate pseudolanguages while in a state of trance.
State what will be printed by the following code fragment written in a pseudolanguage permitting reference parameters (assume Y and J are passed by reference).
The existence of such pseudolanguages as pidgin in south-east Asia and the "Spanglish" found in Puerto Rico is due to the total absence of the coercive dimension[…]
Word Forms
- pseudolanguages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudolinguistics, pseudo-linguistics, pseudoword, pseudoloan, pseudo-anglicism, pseudofiction.
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