private language

== English == === Noun === private language (plural private languages) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private,‎ language. 1993 March 14, Lynn Barber, "Books: Daphne's dilemma" (book review of Daphne du Maurier by Margaret Forster), The Independent (UK) (retrieved 29 Apr 2014): They were an affluent, unstuffy, slightly bohemian family, keen on holidays and socialising, with their own Mitfordian private language. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== private language argument private language problem private language thesis