Circumlocution: Difference between revisions

'''Circumlocution''' is the use of aroundabout largespeech numberand of wordswording to indirectly express an idea. [[Toki Pona]] speakers need to use circumlocution to make up for the lack of vocabulary, because there is no word or [[Lexicalization|set phrase]] for most concepts. Learning Toki Pona can help with circumlocution in other second languages.<ref>Coluzzi, P. (2022). "How learning Toki Pona may help improving communication strategies in a foreign or second language." ''Language Problems and Language Planning'', '''46''' (1), 78–98. https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.00086.col.</ref>

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