heteroglossia

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -glossia.

Noun

heteroglossia (uncountable)

1. (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/

• (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)

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