单词 | bilingualism |
释义 | bilingualismn. a. Ability to speak two languages; the habitual use of two languages colloquially. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > bilingualism diglottism1863 bilingualism1873 utraquism1897 bilinguality1953 ambilingualism1964 1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) Introd. 85 The Bilingualism of King's English... Words run much in couples, the one being English and the other French. 1897 A. J. Butler tr. F. Ratzel Hist. Mankind II. 20 The bi-lingualism of the Carib tribes, whose women speak Arawak and the men Carib. 1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 114 The effects of bilingualism deserve attention, especially in those areas where permanent contact is established between two different families of speech, as in India. 1960 Guardian 7 Mar. 5/4 The progress in bilingualism shown by the Welsh children. b. The use of two forms of the same language. (See also quot. 1940.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > bilingualism > use of two forms of the same language bilingualism1940 polyglossia1975 1940 J. H. Jagger Eng. in Future ii. 38 It [sc. Elizabethan English] suffered from two literary fashions... The first..is known to literary historians as Bilingualism, and consisted in the incessant employment of a pair of synonyms to convey a single idea. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences iii. 105 For the great majority of pupils, bilingualism is to be preferred to the replacement of their native speech by a colourless standard dialect. Derivatives biˈlingualist n. = bilinguist n. at bilingual adj. and n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > bilingualism > bilingual person bilinguist1884 bilingualist1927 bilingual1949 ambilingual1965 1927 Brit. Weekly 12 May 125/4 Welsh bilingualists [decreased] by more than two per cent. Draft additions December 2003 A policy or system which promotes the use of two languages among a community or population; (Canadian) recognition of both English and French as official languages; the government policy of protecting and promoting the use of both languages in public life. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of laissez-faireism1848 localism1848 laissez-faire1873 irredentism1883 dissolutionism1894 expansionism1900 bilingualism1901 non-alignment1908 agriculturism1919 cultural imperialism1921 isolationism1922 unilateralism1926 autarky1934 elitism1934 pronatalism1938 neo-isolationism1951 non-alignedness1962 society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > Canadian politics > principles or policies Liberal-Conservatism1834 French Canadianism1839 bilingualism1901 Bi and Bi1968 notwithstanding clause1981 1901 Daily Chron. 23 May 3/7 It is essential, in the interests of education, that bilingualism, as a system, be introduced into the national schools in districts where Irish is extensively spoken. 1964 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 23 May 6/4 Bilingualism was put into full gear... It cost hundreds of millions. 1969 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Oct. 7/6 The delay gives the Government some breathing space before it must proceed with a second, more important appointment provided for in the legislation—that of the Official Languages Commissioner, the $35,000-a-year ombudsman of bilingualism. 1991 Maclean's 22 July 17/2 A determined supporter of the Free Trade Agreement, the GST, the Meech Lake accord and bilingualism. 2003 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 23 June The non-retired patrons, some well known in the province's media and business circles, are often the most ardent defenders of bilingualism you can find anywhere in Montreal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1873 |
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