extralinguistic

Examples

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• For what the claim that fictional texts do not have extralinguistic referents implies is—to take just one example—that their heroes do not exist.

  Academic text (2004)

• To say that nothing written has an "extralinguistic correlative" means that nothing written refers to or is related to anything existing outside the "text."

  Academic text (1997)

• The most fundamental question in the theory of fiction is probably that concerning reference, namely, the question: do fictional texts have extralinguistic referents?

  Academic text (2004)

• The extralinguistic universalia, like politeness, friendliness, fairness, sincerity, and showing of respect, are important.

  Academic text (1997)

• Sometimes I broaden the scope to comment on American culture and history more generally—in other words, to relate the linguistic to the extralinguistic.

  Academic text (1997)

• Such fictions, by formally encoding features of the contexts in which they are or might be read, in turn prompt reflection on how extralinguistic context permeates and modifies linguistic form like the tendrils of a plant growing through porous stone.

  Academic text (1994)

• Many cultural factors are extralinguistic, influencing communication beyond words.

• Understanding behavior often requires examining extralinguistic elements, such as body language.

• Extralinguistic cues like tone and facial expressions can change the meaning of a statement.

Synonyms

N

nonlinguistic

vsextralinguistic

• Specialized

6.8

Not about language, for example gestures and facial expressions

is broader, meaning outside the scope of language itself

N

nonlexical

vsextralinguistic

• Specialized

8.8

Not about words or word meanings and often about sounds and grammar

is narrower, focusing on absence of words rather than all language aspects

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Etymology