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lit·er·a·ry lan·guage
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literary languagenoun
A register of a language that is used in literary writing.
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Literary language
A literary language is the form of a language used in its literary writing. It can be either a non-standard dialect or standardized variety of the language. It can sometimes differ noticeably from the various spoken lects, but difference between literary and non-literary forms is greater in some languages than in others. Where there is a strong divergence between a written form and the spoken vernacular, the language is said to exhibit diglossia. The understanding of the term differs from one linguistic tradition to another, and is dependent on the terminological conventions adopted. Notably, in Eastern European and Slavic linguistics, the term "literary language" has also been used as a synonym of "standard language".A related concept is liturgical writing, which is the language or form of language used in the liturgy of some religions.
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literary language
Literary language refers to writing or speech that demonstrates a heightened and sophisticated use of words, emphasizing aesthetics, creativity, and artistry. It typically employs various literary devices such as metaphors, similes, imagery, symbolism, allusions, and other forms of figurative language to evoke emotions, convey complex ideas, and create vivid and imaginative descriptions. Literary language is often used in poetry, novels, plays, and other forms of literature to enhance the sensory and intellectual experience of the reader or listener.
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Literary language
A literary language is a register or dialect of a language that is used in literary writing. This may also include liturgical writing. The difference between literary and non-literary forms is more marked in some languages than in others. Where there is a strong divergence, the language is said to exhibit diglossia. Classical Latin was the literary register of Latin, as opposed to the Vulgar Latin spoken across the Roman Empire. The Latin brought by Roman soldiers to Gaul, Iberia, or Dacia was not identical to the Latin of Cicero, and differed from it in vocabulary, syntax, and grammar. Some literary works with low-register language from the Classical Latin period give a glimpse into the world of early Vulgar Latin. The works of Plautus and Terence, being comedies with many characters who were slaves, preserve some early basilectal Latin features, as does the recorded speech of the freedmen in the Cena Trimalchionis by Petronius Arbiter. At the third Council of Tours in 813, priests were ordered to preach in the vernacular language — either in the rustica lingua romanica, or in the Germanic vernaculars — since the common people could no longer understand formal Latin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of literary language in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of literary language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- لغة أدبيةArabic
- literatura lingvoEsperanto
- lenguaje literarioSpanish
- langue littéraireFrench
- साहित्यिक भाषाHindi
- bahasa sastraIndonesian
- lingua letterariaItalian
- 文語Japanese
- 문학적 언어Korean
- literaire taalDutch
- litterært språkNorwegian
- литературный языкRussian
- litterära språkSwedish
- இலக்கிய மொழிTamil
- edebi dilTurkish
- ادبی زبانUrdu
- 文学语言Chinese
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