private language

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.

She studied private language at university.

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意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.

[T]hey could not say much because of his presence. But it did not greatly matter, for their past was now rich enough to have given them a private language; …

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意味（2）

(philosophy) A language which expresses one's inner thoughts, feelings, or experiences but which cannot be used for communication, since it is known to and understandable by only one person—the existence of which was famously argued by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) to be impossible.

A private language was not merely a language contingently spoken by one person. . . . A private language was meant to be be semantically and necessarily private: one whose symbols could by definition be "understood only by the speaker".

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