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Macroacquisition

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third language acquisitionnoun(linguistics) The process of individuals who are already multilingual learning additional languages.
nativizationnoun(linguistics) The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
xenizationnounThe act of spending time in a foreign culture.
language shiftnoun(linguistics) The process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.
mixoglossianoun(linguistics) the mixing of several languages in multilingual societies
glottophagynoun(rare) The absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones.
language assimilationnoun(linguistics) Synonym of language shift.
learned borrowingnoun(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another purposely instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.
reacquisitionnounA second or subsequent acquisition.
relexificationnoun(linguistics) The mechanism of language change by which one language replaces much or all of its lexicon with that of another language.
substratenounAn underlying layer; a substratum.
translanguagingnoun(linguistics) The dynamic process whereby multilingual language users mediate complex social and cognitive activities through strategic employment of multiple semiotic resources to act, to know, and to be.
assimilationnounThe act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
modificationnounThe result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
language transfernoun(linguistics, uncountable) The (correct or incorrect) application of linguistic features (grammar, vocabulary, etc.) from one language to another, such as false friends.
importationnounThe act or an instance of importing.
acculturalizationnounacculturation
interferencenounThe act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
substitutionnounThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
perintegrationnoun(linguistics) A secondary interpretation or analysis of the morphemic structure of a word, allowing its reinterpretation or a transfer of morphemic boundaries.

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