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单词 protolanguage
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Definition of protolanguage in English:

protolanguage

nounˈprəʊtəʊˌlaŋɡwɪdʒˈprōdōˌlaNG(ɡ)wij
  • A hypothetical lost parent language from which actual languages are derived.

    原始母语,始源语(一种假想中的、已消失的祖语,现有语言都起源于它)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From a linguistic perspective, any protolanguage would be merely embryonic.
    • His possible answer to this is that ‘the socio-cultural transition from protolanguages to modern languages took 60,000 years; but this seems unlikely in the light of modern evidence from creolization’ .
    • This claim would be supported by a demonstration that linguistic behavior during sleep is restricted to protolanguage.
    • Here we have to turn to notions of exaptation, for language is a unique aptitude that doesn't seem to have emerged from protolanguage, and certainly did not do so directly.

Definition of protolanguage in US English:

protolanguage

nounˈprōdōˌlaNG(ɡ)wij
  • A hypothetical undocumented parent language from which actual languages are derived.

    原始母语,始源语(一种假想中的、已消失的祖语,现有语言都起源于它)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here we have to turn to notions of exaptation, for language is a unique aptitude that doesn't seem to have emerged from protolanguage, and certainly did not do so directly.
    • His possible answer to this is that ‘the socio-cultural transition from protolanguages to modern languages took 60,000 years; but this seems unlikely in the light of modern evidence from creolization’ .
    • This claim would be supported by a demonstration that linguistic behavior during sleep is restricted to protolanguage.
    • From a linguistic perspective, any protolanguage would be merely embryonic.
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