单词 | pregrammatical |
释义 | > as lemmaspregrammatical pregrammatical adj. Brit. /ˌpriːɡrəˈmatᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌpriɡrəˈmædək(ə)l/ Linguistics relating to or designating language, an utterance, etc., before the development of grammatical structure, or a stage in language acquisition prior to the awareness or acquisition of grammar.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > [adjective] > terms relating to origin of language > prior to emergence of (grammatical) language prelingual1872 pregrammatical1878 prelinguistic1884 pre-language1928 protolinguistic1955 1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. IV. 1657/2 The question whether a pre-grammatical relationship can be scientifically demonstrated between the Semitic and Indo-European families of tongues has been vehemently disputed. 1937 J. Orr tr. I. Iordan Introd. Romance Linguistics iv. 331 Every form of grammar has an individual origin, and has its source in some pre-grammatical or extra-grammatical act which in process of time is transformed into grammar. 1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels ii. 42 Perhaps some glossolalic utterances are simpler than others, but all are significantly different from the pre-grammatical stage of child language. 2004 D. I. Slobin in J. Langer et al. Biol. & Knowl. Revisited viii. 260 Research on detailed corpora of very early child speech in English..makes it clear that much of early language is item-based rather than reflecting productive combinations of the telegraphic or pregrammatical type. < as lemmas |
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