Meaning of prelinguistic | Babel Free

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.”

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