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Meaning of prelinguistic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Preceding the use of true language

not-comparable

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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