variants
also linguistical
as in lexical
of or relating to words or language
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
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Recent Examples of linguistic
Kate Middleton and Prince William Share Poignant Christmas Card with George, Charlotte and Louis After 'Hardest' Year
The popular Christmas song — sung mostly in Spanish — is a hint into Prince William’s linguistic prowess.
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Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Whorf has since become the mascot of linguistic determinism—the position that language is the ultimate arbiter of thought.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This meant that the writing was image-based rather than linguistic.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
This is a popular linguistic relativity theory and is generally referred to as Whorfianism or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (partially associated with anthropologist Benjamin Whorf).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Whorf has since become the mascot of linguistic determinism—the position that language is the ultimate arbiter of thought.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This meant that the writing was image-based rather than linguistic.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
This is a popular linguistic relativity theory and is generally referred to as Whorfianism or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (partially associated with anthropologist Benjamin Whorf).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
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Russian speakers in the experiment proved faster than English speakers at distinguishing shades that corresponded to that lexical distinction.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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This can be through verbal insults, physical acts like slapping and spitting, or openly degrading someone by telling them to perform humiliating tasks (say, drinking a random glass of milk in front of your work colleagues).Fran Tirado, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
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This could be as simple as verbal recognition in team meetings or as formal as an award for fostering a respectful workplace.Sandy Harvey, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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For Teams: Normalize setting boundaries while remaining communicative.Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Its hydraulic steering was extremely communicative, responsive, and busy, relaying every crease in the tarmac at all times — to the point of requiring a firm grip and faster than average hands — just the way any driving aficionado desires.Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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