| 释义 |
multilingual, a. and n.|mʌltɪˈlɪŋgwəl|
[f. multi- + L. lingu(a tongue, language + -al.]
A. adj. Speaking, characterized by, or written in many languages.
1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 122 The art of multilingual quotation is no mark of reading. 1880Westcott Speaker's Comm., John xix. 20 Such multilingual inscriptions were not uncommon in the Roman provinces. 1958Listener 2 Jan. 5/2 Indonesia..is multi-racial and multilingual. 1960E. Delavenay Introd. Machine Transl. vi. 96 This Cambridge research leads in the direction of a new kind of bilingual or multilingual dictionaries. 1968Amer. Speech XLIII. 127 How is the language variance in multilingual communities best explained?
B. n. One who speaks many languages.
1959J. C. Catford in Quirk & Smith Teaching of English vi. 164 Strictly speaking, the alternative use of more than two languages is ‘multilingualism’ and the persons involved are ‘multilingual’ (adj.) or ‘multilinguals’ (n.). 1964E. Palmer tr. Martinet's Elem. Gen. Ling. v. 160 These are the bilingual speakers, or if they possess more than two codes, the multilinguals, whatever degree of perfection they may achieve in handling each of the said languages. 1968Amer. Speech XLIII. 127 What theoretical model most appropriately describes the individual multilingual's speech?
Hence multiˈlingually adv.; multiˈlingualism, the ability to speak many languages; the use of many languages; multiˈlinguist = multilingual n.
1923W. J. Locke Lengthened Shadow 187 A white-haired white-moustached multilinguist by the name of Soussouki. 1940Q. Jrnl. Speech Oct. 394 Problems confronting the speech therapist in the Union are legion, resulting from racial inequalities, multi-lingualism, [etc.]. 1953U. Weinreich in Publ. Ling. Circle N.Y. I. 1 Unless otherwise specified, all remarks about bilingualism apply as well to multilingualism, the practice of using alternately three or more languages. 1956Essays in Crit. VI. 67 Fr. Jarret-Kerr is dealing with creative artists who worked in Spanish, Italian, Russian and French—and he confesses himself no multilinguist. 1958Times Rev. Industry June 76/1 Working principles are explained multi-lingually through loudspeakers. 1968J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 12 Multilingualism has long been a topic recognized by sociologists, linguists, anthropologists, and others as shedding light on many aspects of language learning. 1972Sci. Amer. Sept. 78/1 Bilingualism or multilingualism..cannot be rigidly separated from interdialectal fluctuations. 1972Physics Bull. Dec. 136/2 It [sc. a European Physics Bulletin] would have to be printed multilingually, and would be an extremely expensive exercise. 1973Archivum Linguisticum IV. 55 Another way of putting this is to refer to one of the most common questions faced by those wishing to make sense of multilingualism—how many languages are there here, and how many dialects? 1974Daily Tel. 10 July 18 An Oxford graduate and multilinguist, Saunders worked at the Treasury and the Coal Board. |