linguistic process
- noun
- /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk ˈprɑːsɛs/
- Specialized
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proceso lingüístico
- These linguistic processes range from discovering native language phonemes to discerning which sound sequences map onto meanings to organizing words into categories and sequencing those categories into syntactic structures.
Examples
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Taken together, these studies support the hypothesis that higher-order linguistic processes influence speech motor control even in adults and children with no neurological impairments.
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Exploring the different linguistic processes helps researchers understand how people create and interpret language.
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For Derrida, there is no staying "at home" for language, because establishing that prior place of safety is itself of necessity a linguistic process.
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The notion that the linguistic processes of people who stutter are more vulnerable to increased cognitive load is not novel.
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Understanding how children learn to speak involves many linguistic processes, including listening, mimicking sounds, and forming words.
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The speaker's ability to convey complex ideas depends on various linguistic processes that shape how they choose their words.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a process relating to language' is directly and compositionally derived from 'linguistic' (pertaining to language) + 'process' (a sequence of steps). This noun–noun/compositional pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun linguistic process combines linguistic (about language) and process (a set of steps). Imagine language as a small factory in your mind where words and sounds move through those steps, so the phrase means 'the steps your mind uses to understand, speak, or write language'.