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alloglottography

alloglottography noun: a direct translation of an utterance from one language to another such that the original utterance can be unambiguously and correctly recovered.

Noun

alloglottography (countable and uncountable, plural alloglottographies)

  1. A direct translation of an utterance from one language to another such that the original utterance can be unambiguously and correctly recovered.
    • For Iranian-speaking scribes, alloglottography would be rather preposterous.2006, Seth L. Sanders, Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures, page 40
    • With a narrow definition of alloglottography, one that sees language learning via speech as inherent to scribal education and scribal life, I could definitely agree.2012, Rebecca Hasselbach, Na'ama Pat-El, Language and Nature, →ISBN

Forms of alloglottography

pluralalloglottographies

Origin of alloglottography

Coined by Ilya Gershevitch as allo- + glotto- + -graphy

Questions about alloglottography

What does alloglottography mean?
Alloglottography means a direct translation of an utterance from one language to another such that the original utterance can be unambiguously and correctly recovered.
What part of speech is alloglottography?
Alloglottography is a noun.
What is the plural of alloglottography?
The plural of alloglottography is alloglottographies.

Words near alloglottography in the dictionary

  1. allogenous
  2. alloglaucoside
  3. alloglot
  4. alloglots
  5. alloglottographies
  6. alloglottography
  7. allografic
  8. allograft
  9. allografted
  10. allograftic
  11. allografting

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