expressive language
English
Noun
expressive language (uncountable)
- Language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing.
- 2002, Penny Tassoni, Sheila Riddall-Leech, Diploma in Child Care and Education, Harcourt Heinemann, page 213
- Receptive language is the phrases and vocabulary that we understand, whereas expressive language is what we actually use.
- 2002, Penny Tassoni, Sheila Riddall-Leech, Diploma in Child Care and Education, Harcourt Heinemann, page 213