| 单词 | linguistic imperialism |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslinguistic imperialism linguistic imperialism n. depreciative the extension of the influence or dominance of one language over other (esp. regional) languages.Often considered as part of a wider context of cultural imperialism (cultural imperialism n. at cultural adj. and n. Compounds). ΚΠ 1913 Irish Times 21 Feb. 6/6 (headline) Linguistic Imperialism. 1933 Pacific Affairs 6 134/2 The objection raised to any national language, be it English, French or Spanish, becoming a universal medium is that this constitutes a sort of ‘linguistic imperialism’. 1967 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 6 Aug. 8 b/3 The Byelorussians are hypersensitive to charges that they are the victims of linguistic imperialism. 2010 E. Macaro et al. in E. Macaro Continuum Compan. to Second Lang. Acquisition ii. 45 They posit..that to prohibit learners from using their own L1 [= first language] can be a form of linguistic imperialism. < as lemmas |
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