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nonlinguistic

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[nahn-ling-gwist-ik] / ˌnɑn lɪŋˈgwɪst ɪk /

adjective

  1. not linguistic; not belonging to or using language.


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Semiotics is an analysis of how meaning is created through symbols, both linguistic and nonlinguistic.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Semiotics an analysis of how meaning is created through symbols, both linguistic and nonlinguistic.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Zamenhof tussled with many of the popularizers of Esperanto, who downplayed the nonlinguistic aspects of his program or made language reforms that he deemed unnecessary.

From Slate Oct. 4, 2016

And as I was playing The Witness, it felt similar, like there was this nonlinguistic colonization of my brain happening.

From Time Jun. 9, 2016

The effect of an age-appropriate music curriculum on motor and linguistic and nonlinguistic skills of children three to five years of age.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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