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
It’s gone on quite a linguistic journey over the centuries.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The actor takes particular pride in maintaining linguistic authenticity across his bilingual career.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
John McWhorter might have been right that the effect of any single linguistic feature is minor.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Some were coined on purpose, others by linguistic error.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The actor takes particular pride in maintaining linguistic authenticity across his bilingual career.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
John McWhorter might have been right that the effect of any single linguistic feature is minor.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Some were coined on purpose, others by linguistic error.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
Adjective
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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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The course for the military’s aptitude test consisted of math and verbal questions at a junior-high level.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Yet Trump’s wild verbal justifications for them are also worth examining, for two reasons.—
Robert Greene,
The Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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On the same day, communicative Mercury and penetrating Pluto unite in Aquarius.—
Lisa Stardust,
refinery29.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The process of cultivating future leaders—equipped with the gamut of skills, from communicative and interpretive to affective and perceptual, needed to lead proactive collaboration—is no different.—
Lynette Tan,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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