11:09 Feb 6, 2018 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - History | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Yvonne Gallagher Ireland Local time: 01:07 | ||||||
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3 +1 | transitional language |
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transitional language Explanation: once again I think this is a coined word which suggests, as you say "transitional" or transit. I thought at first that this is possibly a bridging language between other languages but it's "rare" so perhaps not. So, is it rare becuse it is in the process of transition from one form to another? I think if you can coin something with transit or transitional, an "in-betweenness", in it that should be OK. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 36 mins (2018-02-06 11:45:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another thought. Perth is a city in Scotland (besides being a major city in Australia as well). Gallach suggests the language of Scotland (and Ireland) of Gàidhlig so I'm sure these coined words are all intended to suggest actual words. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 35 mins (2018-02-07 11:44:23 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Glad to help. Yes, you can only make informed guesses based on the context and any clues given. I know when I read this series of books years ago I didn't look up any meanings of words in dictionaries as I knew they were not real words but just suggestive of actual words. |
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