artificial language
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- noun
- /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃəl ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
- Specialized
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lenguaje artificial
- In computer programming, developers often create an artificial language to improve code readability and efficiency.
Examples
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They seem as quixotic as Esperantists, who plot world peace by evangelizing for a single artificial language.
Academic text (2000) -
Most of the linguists I knew had experimented with their own artificial language, and to be given the chance to design a language that would really be spoken - "I'd love to."
Fiction book (1998) -
On the plus side, an artificial language will be relatively easy to learn.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Maybe it will lead to an extensive artificial language," Herzing says.
Blog text (11) -
A plain, direct diction rather than a mannerist, artificial language makes up Arthur's antimetabole.
Academic text (2000) -
It seems like all of the CEOs or 'leaders' (gov't, corporate, military, etc.) speak in this artificial language.
Blog text (22) -
As with all artificial languages that were developed at the time, the Solresollists were interested in making a language that wouldn't suffer from the imperfections of languages that developed organically.
Fiction book (1997) -
In a recent study, Cashon et al. tested a group of infants with WS (8- to 20-month-olds) on the same artificial language segmentation task used by Saffran et al.
Academic text (2018) -
European and Euro-American scholars who have mastered Sanskrit (in this case, learning the language in the traditional way means memorizing the grammar that created this essentially artificial language) and experienced parallel situations have had similar success in cross-cultural interpretation.
Academic text (1996) -
Esperanto is one of the most famous examples of an artificial language designed for international communication.
Antonyms
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A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code
How Natural
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'artificial' (man-made, invented) with 'language' (a system of communication); a learner who knows both words can infer that it refers to a language deliberately created rather than naturally developed. This is a straightforward modifier + noun composition found across languages, so it will be immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Artificial language comes from artificial meaning 'made by people' and language meaning 'a system of words', so picture someone building a language like a tool or a plan instead of it growing naturally. That's why it means a language 'invented' on purpose for things like computers, logic, or to help people from different countries talk.