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diaintegrative

diaintegrative adjective: concerned with or relating to the ways in which multiple languages are integrated with one another.

Adjective

diaintegrative (not comparable)

  1. Concerned with or relating to the ways in which multiple languages are integrated with one another.
    • a diaintegrative usage label
    • According to Hausmann (1977, Ch. 8), lexically relevant units can receive — typically by means of labels or usage notes — any or all of the following types of diasystematic marking: diachronic (e.g. archaic, neologism); diatopic (e.g. American English for elevator 'lift', British English for loo)...1991, “Lexicography”, in Kirsten Malmkjær, editor, The Linguistics Encyclopedia, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 295, column 2

Origin of diaintegrative

From dia- + integrative.

Questions about diaintegrative

What does diaintegrative mean?
Diaintegrative means concerned with or relating to the ways in which multiple languages are integrated with one another.
What part of speech is diaintegrative?
Diaintegrative is an adjective.

Words near diaintegrative in the dictionary

  1. Diaguitas
  2. Diahann
  3. diaheliotropic
  4. diaheliotropically
  5. diaheliotropism
  6. diaintegrative
  7. diairetic
  8. diakineses
  9. diakinesis
  10. diakinetic
  11. Diakite

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