cross-linguistic
Spanning multiple tongues
Cross-linguistic describes anything that involves comparison across two or more languages or that applies to multiple languages at once.
Linguists conduct cross-linguistic studies to discover which features are universal to human language and which vary from one language to another.
Cross-linguistic research reveals that all languages have ways to ask questions.
The term appears mainly in academic contexts, particularly in linguistics, language acquisition research, and translation studies.
Words from common origin
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
semantics · etymology · diachronic · pidgins · creoles · Greenberg
Alternating between linguistic varieties
- diglossiaCoexisting language varieties, distinct roles
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- trilingualSpeaking three languages
- interlanguageEvolving system between tongues
Method comparing language structures
- elicitationDrawing forth information
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
Between different cultures
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- interactionReciprocal action between parties
pragmatics · semiotics · meaning · connotation · inference · implication · expression · translation
cognates
Words from common origin
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
morphology · semantics · etymology · diachronic · pidgins · creoles · Greenberg
code-switching
Alternating between linguistic varieties
- diglossiaCoexisting language varieties, distinct roles
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- trilingualSpeaking three languages
contrastive analysis
Method comparing language structures
- elicitationDrawing forth information
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
annotation · glossing · interlinear · sampling · methodology
intercultural
Between different cultures
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- understandingMental comprehension of something
interaction · pragmatics · semiotics · meaning · connotation · inference · implication · expression · translation · interpretation
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- loanwordsloanword, loan words, borrowings, borrowed words, loan word
- Contact Languagespidgin, pidginization, relexification, code switching, substrate
cross, language, tongue, linguist, bilingual, linguistic, linguistics, multilingual, bilingualism