pseudoverbal
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[edit]pseudoverbal (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Having some of the characteristics of a verb, though not in fact a verb.
- (linguistics) Appearing to have speaking skills that are not in fact present.
- 1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:
- Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words.