linguistically
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkli/ (bre, ipa) · /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkli/ (ame, ipa) · /-tə̇k(ə)lē -tēk-, -li/ (ame, mw)
linguistically — 副詞
1. viewed from the perspective of language — including how words and sentences are
語言上
從語言或語言學的角度來看
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.
Defne 住的社區語言非常多元,在當地市場就能聽到四種語言。
collocation: linguistically diverse
Kwame found the academic article linguistically complex, full of technical terms he had never seen.
Kwame 覺得那篇學術論文在語言上很複雜,裡面充滿了他從未見過的專業術語。
modifies adjective: linguistically complex
Linguistically, the new teaching method helps students learn grammar through everyday conversation.
從語言的角度來看,這種新教學法能幫助學生透過日常對話學習文法。
The old letter was linguistically fascinating because it used slang from the 1920s.
那封舊信在語言上相當引人入勝,因為裡頭用到了 1920 年代的俚語。
Élise's bilingual upbringing made her linguistically confident in both Spanish and Japanese.
Élise 在雙語環境中長大,因此她在西班牙語和日語上都很有語言自信。
- 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.