Meaning of linguistic terrain | Babel Free

Definitions

A spatial conception of the character or use of language or languages.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The purpose is twofold: to show⟳ the reader the lions in the Arabian linguistic terrain, those unions of pattern and meaning in which the language may take⟳ special pride; and, where appropriate, to see⟳ what formal procedures are used in our own⟳ back yard to handle⟳ the same semantic task.”

“The tracks laid for the systems of semantical linguistics were among the first evidences of the scientific invasion of linguistic terrain.”

“Instead of there being a single unified groundwork of all experience⟳ and knowledge, Wittgenstein is alleged to show⟳ us that the linguistic terrain is broken up into subdivisions each with its constitutive forms of representation .... Thus, Wittgenstein's appeal to the diversity of language is construed as the claim⟳ that there are numerous subdivisions to the linguistic terrain and not a single whole to be delimited.”

CEFR level