preverbal
/priːˈvɜrbəl/
adjective
- Relating to the stage of development before a child learns to speak.
- The study tracked preverbal children's responses to music and speech.
- Preverbal infants can still understand simple words and tones of voice.
- Babies communicate through crying and gestures during their preverbal stage.
- Occurring before a verb in a sentence or phrase.
- Linguists analyzed the preverbal elements in ancient texts to understand word order.
- The preverbal position in this sentence is occupied by an adverb.
- In some languages, negation is expressed by a preverbal particle.
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