Englishlanguage
noun
1 the grammatical structure of language:
speech, writing, communication, verbal expression, verbalization, vocalization, conversation, speaking, talking, words, utterance, vocabulary, articulation, enunciation, pronunciation, talk, discourse, interchange, intercourse, interaction;
archaic converse.
2 the English language:
tongue, speech, mother tongue, native tongue, dialect, vernacular;
Indian bhasha;
informal lingo.
3 the language of tabloid journalism | different varieties of language:
wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, style, vocabulary, terminology, expressions, turns of phrase, parlance, manner of writing/speaking, way of talking, form/mode of expression, usages, locutions, idiolect, choice of words, rhetoric, oratory;
speech, dialect, vernacular, regionalisms, provincialisms, localisms, patois, lingua franca, slang, idioms, colloquialisms, jargon, argot, barbarisms, vulgarisms, cant, newspeak;
pidgin English, Creole;
informal lingo, legalese, journalese, technospeak, geekspeak, gobbledygook.
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related suffix, as in polyglot relating to language scientific study of language | |