sublanguage
nounEtymology From sub- + language.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A subset of a language, in particular of a programming language.
- DML is considered a sublanguage of SQL. It's concerned with manipulating data stored in the database. DML consists of four commonly used statements: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE.2015, Miguel Cebollero, Michael Coles, Jay Natarajan, Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide, Apress, →ISBN, page 4:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A language restricted to a specific context, such as a particular subject area.
- the sublanguage of weather bulletins
- We define sublanguage here as the particular language used in a body of texts dealing with a circumscribed subject area (often reports or articles on a technical speciality or science subfield), in which the authors share a common vocabulary and common habits of word usage.1982, Richard Kittredge, John Lehrberger, editors, Sublanguage: Studies of Language in Restricted Semantic Domains, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 27:
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- Sublanguages are usually taken from science and technology domains and are restricted to a particular topic.1995, Douglas Biber, Dimensions of Register Variation: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 16:
- Related terms
- DSL, LSP