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Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.
Cyril Connolly

Meaning of "private language" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIVATE LANGUAGE

private language play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIVATE LANGUAGE

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Private language is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIVATE LANGUAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Private language argument

The private language argument is a philosophical argument introduced by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his later work, especially in the Philosophical Investigations. The argument was central to philosophical discussion in the second half of the 20th century, and continues to arouse interest. The argument is supposed to show that the idea of a language understandable by only a single individual is incoherent. In the Investigations Wittgenstein does not present his arguments in a succinct and linear fashion; instead, he describes particular uses of language, and prompts the reader to contemplate the implications of those uses. As a result there is considerable dispute about both the nature of the argument and its import. Indeed, it has become common to talk of private language arguments. Historians of philosophy see precursors of the private language argument in a variety of sources, notably in the work of Gottlob Frege and John Locke. Locke is also a prominent exponent of the view targeted by the argument, since he proposed in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding that the referent of a word is the idea it stands for.

Definition of private language in the English dictionary

The definition of private language in the dictionary is a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIVATE LANGUAGE

private enterprise
private equity
private eye
Private Finance Initiative
private health insurance
private hearing
private hotel
private income
private investigator
private joke
private law
private life
private limited company
private means
private member
private member´s bill
private ownership
private parts
private patient
private pay bed

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIVATE LANGUAGE

American sign language
artificial language
body language
command language
English as a Foreign Language
English as a Second Language
first language
formal language
high-level language
language
messuage
native language
natural language
plain language
programming language
second language
sign language
source language
speak the same language
target language
Unified Modeling Language

Synonyms and antonyms of private language in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «private language» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIVATE LANGUAGE

Find out the translation of private language to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of private language from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «private language» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

私立语言
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lenguaje privado
570 millions of speakers

English

private language
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निजी भाषा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لغة خاصة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

частная языковая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linguagem privada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যক্তিগত ভাষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

langue privé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bahasa persendirian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Privatsprache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

私的言語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개인 언어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pribadi basa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngôn ngữ riêng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனிப்பட்ட மொழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाजगी भाषा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Özel dil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linguaggio privato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

język prywatny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приватна мовна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limba privat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιωτική γλώσσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

private taal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

privat språk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Privat språk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of private language

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATE LANGUAGE»

The term «private language» is regularly used and occupies the 86.383 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATE LANGUAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about private language

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QUOTES WITH «PRIVATE LANGUAGE»

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Cyril Connolly
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIVATE LANGUAGE»

Discover the use of private language in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to private language and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language: An Elementary ...
In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophical intelligence to bear on Wittgenstein's analysis of the notion of following a rule.
Saul A. Kripke, 1982
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The Evolution of the Private Language Argument
The Evolution of the Private Language Argument presents a continuous view of modern analytical philosophy by telling the history of one of its central strands.
Keld Stehr Nielsen, 2008
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Wittgenstein's Private Language : Grammar, Nonsense and ...
The book is concerned throughout to elucidate Wittgenstein's philosophical method, and to establish the importance of the form or style of his writing to the proper application of this method.
Stephen Mulhall, 2006
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A Private Language?: A Dip Into Welsh Literature
A brief survey of Welsh literature from the sixth century to the present day. Black-and-white photographs.
Marion Eames, 1997
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The Language of Thought
S0REN KIERKEGAARD WHY THERE HAS TO BE A PRIVATE LANGUAGE The discussion thus far might be summarized as follows: One of the essential variables in any theory of higher cognitive processes that we can now imagine is the ...
Jerry A. Fodor, 1975
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Meinongian Logic:
II. Private. Language. and. Private. Mental. Objects. /. Wittgenstein's Private Language Argument Wittgenstein's private language argument is scattered over a number of related philosophical remarks. There is disagreement about whether  ...
Dale Jacquette, 1996
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The Language of Pain: Expression Or Description?
2.2.2.1 Wittgenstein's 'private language argument' and pain Wittgenstein's understanding of pain and his philosophical concept of 'private language' will provide us with insights into the interrelation of pain and language. Thus, as regards ...
Chryssoula Lascaratou, 2007
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(Over)Interpreting Wittgenstein
on the second level, immediately following, and logically preceding the first level, is the question of how to define or characterize a private language; on further levels we meet a multitude of sub-issues that must be resolved in order to answer  ...
A. Biletzki, 2003
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Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception
The private language arguments In order to find the real artichoke, we divested it ofits leaves.35 It is a typical supposition that Wittgenstein's private language argument purports to show that private language is impossible because it fails to  ...
Justin Good, 2006
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Knowledge and Experience
COMMENTS V. C. CHAPPELL Castaneda's paper contains a good deal that I cannot accept, and my general judgment is that though he makes a number of valuable points in his examination of what he calls "the private- language argument" ...
C. D. Rollins, 1963

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIVATE LANGUAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term private language is used in the context of the following news items.
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Parlez-vous Scientologist?
A private language helps groups like Scientology maintain control over followers; when no one on the outside knows what you're talking about, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
McGraw-Hill grows digital learning through busuu investment
... also have the exclusive rights to distribute busuu in the B2B space, including selling it to schools, private language providers and universities ... «The PIE News, Jul 15»
3
How have the new SELT rules at sub-degree level impacted the UK …
... new SELT legislation, but the impact on the FE and private language sectors and ensuing uncertainty in the marketplace has been notable. «The PIE News, Jul 15»
4
In Daegu, revered chickens, fried gizzards and beer
Yoko Honda, 33, is a student studying Korean at a private language school at Dongseongno in central Daegu. Her boyfriend, Yoon Joon-sik, ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jul 15»
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McGraw-Hill Education Partners with Digital Language Learning …
The deal ensures that McGraw-Hill has exclusive global rights to distribute busuu to B2B customers, including schools and private language ... «Language Magazine, Jul 15»
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Grammarly Gauges The Growing State Of Bad Spelling Among MLB …
“What the Internet has done is create a space for language that runs and slips over the boundary of public and private language,” James J. «SportTechie, Jul 15»
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Rex Lipman farewelled by 600 mourners in Adelaide
... not just with wonderful memories, but with this wonderful private language ... in this, as in so many ways, Rex was an extraordinary person.”. «The Australian, Jul 15»
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McGraw-Hill Education takes €6m stake in busuu
... to give McGraw-Hill Education exclusive global rights to market busuu to B2B customers, including schools, private language institutions and ... «Tech City News, Jul 15»
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Language Learning Network busuu Raises $6.7M From McGraw …
McGraw-Hill will now get exclusive global rights to distribute busuu to its B2B customers, including schools, private language institutions and ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
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Daily Funding Roundup
McGraw-Hill will now get exclusive global rights to distribute busuu to its B2B customers, including schools, private language institutions and ... «VatorNews, Jul 15»

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