Urlanguage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Urlanguage is a noun meaning (linguistics) A basic or original language; proto-language.
Meaning
(linguistics) A basic or original language; proto-language.
Example Sentences
Is there an ur-language? This question has been raised in a notoriously fallacious argument first promulgated by Fodor (1979).
What innate ideas did he have? Did he know of God and Creation? What was his language—the urlanguage that gave rise to all the languages of the world, the language all men brought with them […]
Obviously we have here a further reason for exploring our relationship with our animal friends: it is a way of understanding the fundamentals of our own language, of discovering that ur-language we share with other parts of nature than […]
It is the urlanguage that sets up the rules of syntax that determine the formal constructions every language must incorporate if it […] The urlanguage is also the ultimate authority that governs the inclusion of designator expressions in any context.
Word Forms
- urlanguages
- ur-language
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protolanguage, proto-language, paleolinguistics, ancestor, proto-human.
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