language
part of speech
noun (language, languages)
meaning for a pupil
1) A language is the words that people use to speak and write, like English, French or Spanish. tree →
2) Language is the way people talk and use words in general. tree →
3) Sign language uses hand signs instead of spoken words. tree →
4) A computer language is a set of words and rules for telling a computer what to do. tree →
5) Bad language means rude words. tree →
sense in the lessons
pupils or people sorted by the languages they speak; books in each language; in school: English language lessons, learning a foreign language; in everyday life: many families speak two languages at home; phrases: «first language», «foreign language», «body language», «sign language», «mind your language»
examples
- 12 children speak two languages. tree →
- The class learns 1 new language. tree →
- 15 pupils study French and 10 study German. tree →
- How many speak both languages? tree →
- In Canada, people speak English and French. tree →
- Sam's first language is Spanish. tree →
- Our deaf friend taught us some sign language. tree →
- His body language showed he was nervous. tree →
- Python is a computer language. tree →
- Please don't use bad language in class. tree →
- Every one speaks these words in his own language. tree →
note
Counted groups; trap: some people can be in both groups, so do not just add (all = first + second − both). Names of languages start with a capital letter: English, Irish, Maori. Countable: a language, two languages.
In the corpora
- "Large language model" means a huge program that has learned the patterns of how words are used.
- A language model learned by predicting missing or next words in enormous amounts of text.
- Translation tools help families who speak other languages understand letters, but they can make mistakes.
- Important translations should be checked by a person who speaks both languages.
- Some hopes are big and serious: cures for diseases, help learning in any language.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «language» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.