E-language

English

Alternative forms

  • e-language

Etymology

Introduced by Noam Chomsky.

Noun

E-language (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of external language: language as transmitted and shared in the world or community rather than as perceived and understood in the individual.
    • 2021 January 31, Helena Smith, “The Greeks had a word for it … until now, as language is deluged by English terms”, in The Observer‎[1], →ISSN:
      The emergence of “Greenglish” – Greek written with English letters – as an unofficial e-language since the arrival of the internet has also sparked alarm.

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