Translingualism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Translingualism is a noun meaning (linguistics, uncountable) The phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language.
Meaning
(linguistics, uncountable) The phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language.
More Meanings
- (linguistics, countable) A specific phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language, such as a term or symbol used in more than one language.
Example Sentences
Essentially, translingualism questions the idea that only one type of English is acceptable in academic writing.
This third approach can be illustrated by one of the most frequently-observed of Okara's translingualisms, the transposition into English of Ijo word-order.
The idea of translingualism, as it is often called in composition studies or translanguaging as it is often called in linguistics, rejects the monolingual norm.
Word Forms
- translingualisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include internationalism, multicompetence, contextualism, shifting, co-linguist, polyglossia.
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