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translingualisms

translingualisms is the plural of translingualism.

Meaning of translingualism

Noun

translingualism (usually uncountable, plural translingualisms)

  1. (usually) The phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language.
    • Essentially, translingualism questions the idea that only one type of English is acceptable in academic writing.2019, Paula Rawlins and Emma Catherine Perry, “Teaching Translingual: Lesson plans and suggested writing assignments for exploring code meshing and linguistic difference”, in University of Georgia...
  2. (countable, usually) A specific phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language, such as a term or symbol used in more than one language.
    • 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.1990, Research in African Literatures, volume 21, number 3, page 84

Questions about translingualisms

What is translingualisms the plural of?
Translingualisms is the plural of translingualism.

Words near translingualisms in the dictionary

  1. translimbal
  2. translin
  3. translinear
  4. translingual
  5. translingualism
  6. translingualisms
  7. translingualities
  8. translinguality
  9. translingually
  10. translinguals
  11. translinguistic

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