Meaning of translingualism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language.
   uncountable, usually
2. A specific phenomenon of translingually relevant aspects of language, such as a term or symbol used in more than one language.
   countable, usually

Examples

“Essentially, translingualism questions the idea that only one type of English is acceptable in academic writing.”

“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.”

“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.”

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