"expressive language" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2002, Penny Tassoni, Sheila Riddall-Leech, Diploma in Child Care and Education, Harcourt Heinemann, page 213 http://books.google.com/books?id=xWL0GqzUYloC&pg=PT227&dq=expressive+language+date:1970-2008&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&sig=kZzyNty1CESsm4GJWVqGnmEjn50",
          "text": "Receptive language is the phrases and vocabulary that we understand, whereas expressive language is what we actually use."
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