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名詞

interlingualism (countable and uncountable, plural interlingualisms)

1. (linguistics, uncountable) The status of not being associated to or confined to one language.

   Taxonomic names are great examples of interlingualism.

   • 2014 February 5, Frank Deiby Giraldo Aristizábal, “Interlingualism: Beyond bilingualism and onto the knowledge and use of languages”, in Postscript‎, Medium:

     This article explores the issue of bilingualism and proposes interlingualism as a concept which would refer to and include the numerous variables for people who know, use, and interact between two languages and/or among three or more.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Interlingualism in learning”, in Learnlife Blog‎, Learnlife:

     Interlingualism is quite a new word, but the concept is as old as the human story itself. At Learnlife, we welcome interlingualism as the chance to share together in the beautiful diversity of sounds and stories within our community, and to instil global citizenship at the heart of our experience.

2. (linguistics, countable) A word, phrase or lexeme which is commonly found either in multiple languages or not limited to a single language.