Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonlinguistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-lin-guis-tic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not linguistic.

Example Sentences

"The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development."

Etymology

From non- + linguistic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

non-linguistic (alternative)

Questions

What does nonlinguistic mean?: Not linguistic.
Where does nonlinguistic come from?: From non- + linguistic.

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