written language
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- noun
- /ˈrɪtən ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
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- Morgan (1987) investigated the development of written language awareness in African American preschool children.
- written language and oral
- reading and written language
- written language problems
All right, So how, how do we get then from no written language to written language?
- All right, So how, how do we get then from no written language to written language?
- So Serial and Methodius are Slavs, probably, and they are Slavs who create a written language for other Slavs.
- As with Latin, the written language holds it together.
- It's not yours that that mark on that piece of mud was, but also the invention of sort of written language.
Examples
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Focusing readers solely or primarily on written language limits their understanding and the meanings they can construct while reading.
Academic text (2012) -
In this study, we investigated students' developing written language skills in both narrative and expository genres.
Academic text (2015) -
All right, So how, how do we get then from no written language to written language?
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But they might have some sort of written language or basis for visual communication.
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The potential impact of memory span problems on reading and written language is not always clear.
Academic text (1993) -
Students in second grade are tested in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and written language.
Academic text (2013) -
There are many students whose written language is more impaired than their oral language.
Academic text (1993) -
Until the 20th century, all East Asian histories shared a common written language: classical Chinese.
Academic text (1996) -
The lowest scores were generally in written language, with mean composite scores around the 15th percentile.
Academic text (2013) -
Many ancient civilizations developed their own written language to record their history and transactions.
Synonyms
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1.0
Marks or letters on a surface that show language
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4.1
A set of letters or symbols used to write a language
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3.2
Words shown with letters on a page or screen instead of spoken
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A way to show a language's words using letters or characters
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward modifier + noun composition: 'written' (recorded in writing) specifies the type of 'language' (a system of communication), yielding the literal sense 'language expressed in writing rather than speech.' This is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Written language is a simple picture: written means putting marks or letters on a page and language means words and ideas, so it refers to words shown as letters or symbols rather than heard as 'speech'.