private language

短语

词形变化

private languages 复数 private languages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.

    They were an affluent, unstuffy, slightly bohemian family, keen on holidays and socialising, with their own Mitfordian private language.

  2. 2.

    A language which expresses one's inner thoughts, feelings, or experiences but which cannot be used for communication, since it is known to and understandable by only one person—the existence of which was famously argued by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) to be impossible.

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