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LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL

lin·guis·tic u·ni·ver·sal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ling-gwis-tik yoo-nuh-vur-suh l]
    • /lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk ˌyu nəˈvɜr səl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ling-gwis-tik yoo-nuh-vur-suh l]
    • /lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk ˌyu nəˈvɜr səl/

Definition of linguistic universal words

  • abbreviation LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL language universal. 1

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Origin of linguistic universal

First appearance:

before 1970
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1970-75

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Parts of speech for Linguistic universal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

linguistic universal popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

linguistic universal usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for linguistic universal

noun linguistic universal

  • jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
  • creole — A creole is a language that has developed from a mixture of different languages and has become the main language in a particular place.
  • language universal — a trait or property of language that exists, or has the potential to exist, in all languages.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • pidgin — an auxiliary language that has come into existence through the attempts by the speakers of two different languages to communicate and that is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure and considerable variation in pronunciation.

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