French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	polarisé
	polarité
	poli
	politesse
	polyfonctionnel
	polygenèse
	polygénétique
	polyglossie
	polyglotte
	polymorphémique
	polyphonie
	polyphonique
	polysémie
	polysémique
	polysyllabe1

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polyglossia

Fr    polyglossie

nS

Related term(s): diglossia, triglossia

Domain: Sociolinguistics

Source(s):

ELL: 355 (polyglossic)

The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Holmes 1992: 38-39 (also "polyglossic")

HOLMES, Janet. (1992) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York: Longman. (SL)

Matthews 1997: 285 (polyglossic)

MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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English word list

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	policymaker
	polite
	politeness
	politeness principle (PP)
	polyfunctional
	polygenesis
	polygenetic
	polyglossia
	polyglot
	polyglottism
	polymorphemic
	polyphonic
	polyphonic organization
	polyphonous
	polyphony

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