sublanguage

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sublanguage

(ˈsʌbˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ)
n
(Linguistics) a variety of language for a special, usually technical, purpose
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- Professional sublanguages of business sectors (e.g.
Linguistic Features of Business Acronyms and Abbreviations in English
This component-based modeling language is extended with the introduction of sublanguages as Annexes.
Architecture Level Safety Analyses for Safety-Critical Systems
Ironically, sublanguages admit of many different solutions.
Is computational a dead linguistics review of "collected papers of Martin Kay: a half-century of computational linguistics"
It is structured by 2 sublanguages: a Network Query Language and a Reactive Network Policy Management Library.
SDN: evolution and opportunities in the development IoT applications
Do we need sublanguages for user-device-specific activity and context dialogue?
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His comment together with the results of this simple MEDLINE query for cohort point to presumed differences in the sublanguages of librarianship and biomedicine, although this may be changing.
Comparative effectiveness research designs: an analysis of terms and coverage in Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Emtree
Codd, "Relational completeness of data base sublanguages," in Data Base Systems: Courant Computer Science Symposia Series 6, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1972.
Conservative intensional extension of Tarski's semantics
Unlike other sublanguages, it resists to being reduced to this status and claims the status of a language even acquiring a special name--that of legalese.
Legal language: a realm of contradictions
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