Words similar to anti-language
Example sentences for: anti-language
How can you use “anti-language” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Linguistically speaking, an anti-language is formed by a process of relexicalization, which is substituting new words for old.
Considerably more is known about grypserka — the anti-language of Polish prisoners — than about any English-speaking system, but even that knowledge is incomplete and out-of-date.
Where the purpose of anti-language is to be secretive, slang is often offensive.
Cleaner is a word which adheres to the second principle of an anti-language: the word employed in the process of relexicalzation should not itself be conspicuous.
How it differs from anti-language is that while it often intends to subvert, it does so by being understood (at least in part) by the world at large.