Meaning of urlanguage | Babel Free

Definitions

A basic or original language; proto-language.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“It is the urlanguage that sets up the rules of syntax that determine⟳ the formal constructions every language must incorporate if it […] The urlanguage is also the ultimate authority that governs the inclusion of designator expressions in any context.”

“Is there an ur-language? This question⟳ has been raised in a notoriously fallacious argument first promulgated by Fodor (1979).”

“Obviously we have⟳ here a further reason⟳ for exploring our relationship with our animal friends: it is a way of understanding the fundamentals of our own⟳ language, of discovering that ur-language we share⟳ with other parts of nature than […]”

“What innate ideas did he have⟳? Did he know⟳ of God and Creation? What was his language—the urlanguage that gave rise⟳ to all the languages of the world, the language all men brought with them […]”

CEFR level