linguistically
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkli/ (bre, ipa) · /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkli/ (ame, ipa) · /-tə̇k(ə)lē -tēk-, -li/ (ame, mw)
linguistically — adverb
1. viewed from the perspective of language — including how words and sentences are
viewed from the perspective of language — including how words and sentences are formed, how languages differ from one another, or how language is studied as an academic field.
Defne's community is linguistically diverse, with four languages used at the local market.
collocation: linguistically diverse
Kwame found the academic article linguistically complex, full of technical terms he had never seen.
modifies adjective: linguistically complex
Linguistically, the new teaching method helps students learn grammar through everyday conversation.
The old letter was linguistically fascinating because it used slang from the 1920s.
Élise's bilingual upbringing made her linguistically confident in both Spanish and Japanese.
- verbally
focuses on spoken or written words rather than the structural or academic study of language; less formal
- grammatically
restricted to grammar rules only, not the broader scope of language structure or diversity
- semantically
narrower — concerns meaning of words and sentences, not language as a whole system
- non-linguistically
in a way that does not involve language
文法句型
linguistically + adjective (e.g. linguistically diverse)
Linguistically, + clause
用法筆記
Often used before adjectives (linguistically diverse, linguistically complex) or as a sentence adverb at the start of a clause (Linguistically, …). In everyday speech, a simpler adverb like 'in language terms' or 'in terms of language' is more common.