interlanguage
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/ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/
English
Definitions
noun
- A language generated by a student of an additional language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language.“Trasyanka and Surzhyk are interlanguages: a Belarusian–Russian and a Ukrainian-Russian mixed language.”
- A lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages.“Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose.”
- A pidgin or creole.
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Synonyms
koinelingua francainterlinguapragmaticsxenizationthird language acquisitioninterferencesubstratepositive transfersubstitutionlearned borrowingimportationlanguage swaptranslanguagingitalianizationmultilingualizationbitextforeignization