pseudolanguage
English
Noun
pseudolanguage (plural pseudolanguages)
- Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.
- 1991, Leslie Shepard, Lewis Spence, Nandor Fodor, Encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology (page 540)
- Some mediums have spoken in elaborate pseudolanguages while in a state of trance.
- 2000, Andrew Chesterman, Natividad Gallardo San Salvador, Yves Gambier, Translation in Context (page 76)
- The existence of such pseudolanguages as pidgin in south-east Asia and the "Spanglish" found in Puerto Rico is due to the total absence of the coercive dimension […]
- 1991, Leslie Shepard, Lewis Spence, Nandor Fodor, Encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology (page 540)
- (computing) A means of describing an algorithm in human terms, without the use of a true programming language.
- 2010, Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini, Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms (page 194)
- State what will be printed by the following code fragment written in a pseudolanguage permitting reference parameters (assume Y and J are passed by reference).
- 2010, Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini, Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms (page 194)
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