Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extralinguistic

/ˌɛkstɹəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tralin-guis-tic
IPA: /ˌɛkstɹəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside the realm of linguistics.

Example Sentences

"I will limit myself to the Tocharian component of this article, and will further concentrate on the linguistic aspects and not on extralinguistic conclusions."
"How do extralinguistic factors like speaker attitude influence linguistic behaviour?"

Etymology

From extra- + linguistic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Derived Forms

extralinguistically

Antonyms

intralinguistic

Questions

How do you pronounce extralinguistic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛkstɹəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/.
What does extralinguistic mean?: Outside the realm of linguistics.
Where does extralinguistic come from?: From extra- + linguistic.

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