Definitions
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- adjective pertaining to
pseudo-linguistics . Deprecating of scholarship thought to purport to be linguistic but falling short of the necessary standards - adjective
quasilinguistic . Having some qualities similar to language, but not quite amounting to language in the narrow sense.
Etymologies
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pseudo- + linguistic. In use in sense (1.) from the early 20th century.
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I also think there is an important difference between sharing conjectures for discussion on a blog or in a forum versus wasting trees to write a manifesto of your pseudolinguistic doctrine for you to enforce on disbelievers.
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I also think there is an important difference between sharing conjectures for discussion on a blog or in a forum versus wasting trees to write a manifesto of your pseudolinguistic doctrine for you to enforce on disbelievers.
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