👉 In linguistics and communication studies, "preallusion" refers to a specific linguistic phenomenon observed in certain types of written or spoken communication. This concept is often used in context of language acquisition and learning. The term is primarily associated with the idea that individuals may not actively participate in the production of their own speech at all during the initial stages of language development, but instead are influenced by the words they hear, see, or think about. These "preallusion" states can be characterized as