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linguistically

linguistically

3 5.1
In a way that has to do with language or its study
  • adverb
  • /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkli/
: lingüísticamente
  • In Table 2, we provide an overview of the qualities, actions, and strategies employed by linguistically responsive teachers (LRTs).
  • linguistically diverse
  • linguistically responsive
  • linguistically different

So we're basically creating characters that are linguistically skilled, emotionally skilled, socially skilled.

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Examples

  • In addition to these learner differences, classrooms in the United States are becoming more linguistically and culturally diverse each year.

    Academic text (2015)
  • What does that mean that our, our world is linguistically determined?

  • Faith alone can privilege one linguistically determined religious web of meaning over another.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Yeah, it's size, but it's actually size described linguistically as animacy.

  • Many culturally and linguistically diverse students fail to meet academic expectations.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So we're basically creating characters that are linguistically skilled, emotionally skilled, socially skilled.

  • The left brain, at least for people who are right-handed, is linguistically dominant, meaning most of language is centered in the left side of the brain.

  • Outram also produced formal and linguistically exuberant work that was easily accessible to readers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Teachers who use strategies of linguistically responsive teaching are better prepared to help high-potential ELLs succeed in school.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Teachers who use strategies of linguistically responsive teaching are better prepared to help high-potential ELLs succeed in school.

Synonyms

lingually
vslinguistically
1 7.5

In a way that is about language

focuses on language as an academic subject or its scientific study

Surface Forms

linguistically positive

Morphology

linguistically = linguistic (transparent) = linguist + ic + ally

Formed regularly from the adjective 'linguistic' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally', producing a predictable adverbial meaning.

Etymology

Linguistically comes from the Latin word lingua, which means 'tongue', and you can see the same root in language and linguist. So, linguistically means 'in a way that relates to language'.