mentalese (n.)

In some fields of LINGUISTICS, the concepts, and combinations of concepts, postulated as a ‘language of thought’ (LOT), differing in various ways from the GRAMMAR of natural language. A thought, in this context, is conceived as an intentional state of mind representing something about the world, including the various beliefs, hopes, and other PROPOSITIONAL attitudes held by the thinker. The approach is of special relevance in COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS, where mental processes can be modelled as sequences of mental states and transitions. The relationship between language and thought is a particular (and controversial) focus of PSYCHOLINGUISTICS.