heteroglossia

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -glossia.

Noun

heteroglossia (uncountable)

(sociology, linguistics) The coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties, styles of discourse, or points of view within a single language, as in a literary work.
- 2017, Francis Chia-Hui Lin, Architectural Theorisations and Phenomena in Asia, page 194:
  A superficial impression of Asia may be of disorder, whereas this condition is in fact the immediate historicity that speaks for an undertheorised heteroglossia.

Related terms

heteroglossic

Translations

coexistence of distinct language varieties

Irish: heitribhéascna f
Portuguese: heteroglossia f
Swedish: heteroglossi (sv) c

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.te.ɾo.ɡloˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.te.ɾo.ɡloˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.ɡluˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.ɣluˈsi.ɐ]

Noun

heteroglossia f (uncountable)

(linguistics) heteroglossia (the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code)

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