epilanguage
Meanings
noun
- A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).
- A more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, determining the form in which a message will be uttered.
Word forms
Etymology
From epi- + language.
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