释义 |
ˈsublanguage [sub- 5 c.] A specialized language or system of notation that occurs only in certain contexts or is used only by certain people among those who speak the same ordinary language.
1934Webster, Sublanguage, a subordinate language; a dialect. 1951J. Holloway Lang. & Intell. x. 182 These sub-languages include arithmetic and geometry..; chess notation; musical notation [etc.]. 1966M. Gross in Automatic Transl. of Lang. (NATO Summer School, Venice, 1962) 134 Of course a translation form L1 to L2 need not be an exact mapping L1 and L2, but there may be a large sublanguage of L2. 1972Science 23 June 1304/3 In a sub-language..such as the jargon of surgeons, the information is carried mainly by the kernels. 1973G. W. Turner Stylistics i. 26 Such sub⁓languages as the language of telegrams, newspaper headlines, advertisements or knitting patterns. |