"prelinguistic" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009 January 11, William Safire, “Haircut”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Look, you know, a grunted uh, I mean — which is what I use to fill up a silence to show I'm conscious while I'm groping for a word — is, like, prelinguistic language.",
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          "ref": "2013, Alison Wray, Aileen Bloomer, Projects in Linguistics and Language Studies, Third Edition, page 35",
          "text": "Video a prelinguistic child with its mother. Show the recording to the mother and ask her which of the baby's noises and gestures she believes are intentional communication.",
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        "Preceding the use of true language"
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          "word": "prelingual"
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