Definition of SEMILINGUALISM

semilingualism

Noun

  • The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.

Origin / Etymology

From semilingual + -ism, introduced by a Swedish researcher HansegÄrd N. E. in 1975.

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