extralinguistic
adjective
ex·tra·lin·guis·tic
ˌek-strə-liŋ-ˈgwi-stik 
: lying outside the province of linguistics
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This might involve seeking to address prelinguistic or extralinguistic experience—whether sensory or abstract—and finding ways to articulate that experience using words while relying, as much as possible, on structural or phonic elements that transcend the conventional meanings of those words.
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Claire Messud, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Claire Messud, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
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“Extralinguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extralinguistic. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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