Language appropriate to  a basic ability to read and write, followed by the capacity to handle abstract usage, and, at a higher level, to be at ease with what Philip Gove in Webster's Third called ISV, `international scientific vocabulary.
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A basic language ability means to be able to write backwards.
( ( A ( basic ( language ability ) ) ) ( ( means ( to ( be ( able ( to ( write backwards ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT A) (JJ basic) (NN language) (NN ability)) (VP (VBZ means) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ able) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB write) (NP (NNS backwards)))))))))) (. .)))