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English
Etymology
From pre- + linguistic.
Adjective
prelinguistic (not comparable)
- Preceding the use of true language
2009 January 11, William Safire, “Haircut”, in New York Times:Look, you know, a grunted uh, I mean — which is what I use to fill up a silence to show I'm conscious while I'm groping for a word — is, like, prelinguistic language.
2013, Alison Wray, Aileen Bloomer, Projects in Linguistics and Language Studies, Third Edition, page 35:Video a prelinguistic child with its mother. Show the recording to the mother and ask her which of the baby's noises and gestures she believes are intentional communication.
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