Antonym(s):

• dead language

Synonym(s):

• living language

Source(s):

HARTMANN & STORK 1972143
MARTINET 1964[trans.]142
RICHARDS etal. 1992234
NASH 1968144

• HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
• MARTINET, André. (1964 [trans.]) Elements of General Linguistics. Chicago: University of Chicago. 
• RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT,  J. & WEBER,  H.  (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.
• NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. 

Domain:

Sociolinguistics