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semilingualism en · NOUN

Etymology

From semilingual + -ism, introduced by a Swedish researcher Hansegård N. E. in 1975.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.