preverbal
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (psychology, linguistics) At an early stage of development in which one is not yet able to communicate by means of words.Examples: "The expressive power of intonation in communication with preverbal infants was a topic of considerable interest in the early literature on language acquisition."not-comparable
2. (linguistics, of a part of speech) Occurring before the verb in a sentence or expression.Examples: "I will attempt to document some recent syntactic (word order) changes involving preverbal noun phrases in the Coast Tsimshian language."not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (grammar) A preverb.
Definition source: Wiktionary