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  2. Heteroglossia - Wikipedia

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    Bakhtin rejects the idea that language is a system of abstract norms and that the utterance is a mere instantiation of the system of language. In "Discourse in the Novel", he criticizes linguistics, poetics, and stylistics for misunderstanding the fact that different people and groups speak differently.

  3. Pidgin - Wikipedia

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    A pidgin [1] [2] [3] / ˈ p ɪ dʒ ɪ n /, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages.

  4. Universal language - Wikipedia

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    It may be the idea of an international auxiliary language for communication between groups speaking different primary languages. A similar concept can be found in pidgin language, which is actually used to facilitate understanding between two or more people with no common language. In other conceptions, it may be the primary language of all ...

  5. Language contact - Wikipedia

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    The influence can go deeper, extending to the exchange of even basic characteristics of a language such as morphology and grammar.. Newar, for example, spoken in Nepal, is a Sino-Tibetan language distantly related to Chinese but has had so many centuries of contact with neighbouring Indo-Iranian languages that it has even developed noun inflection, a trait that is typical of the Indo-European ...

  6. Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe and the languages of ... - AOL

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    But Things Fall Apart was written in English, sparking debate about the colonisation of language. It's hailed as one of the greatest works of fiction to emerge from Africa. But Things Fall Apart ...

  7. Mixed language - Wikipedia

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    The grammar of a mixed language typically comes from a language well known to first-generation speakers, which Arends claims is the language spoken by the mother. This is because of the close relationship between mother and child and the likelihood that the language is spoken by the community at large. [citation needed]

  8. Chonan languages - Wikipedia

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    The Chonan languages are a family of indigenous American languages which were spoken in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.Two Chon languages are well attested: Selk'nam (or Ona), spoken by the people of the same name who occupied territory in the northeast of Tierra del Fuego; and Tehuelche spoken by the people of the same name who occupied territory north of Tierra del Fuego.

  9. Multilingualism and globalization - Wikipedia

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    People partake in listening to music to learn another language and some partake in learning a different language to be able to understand music. According to the Modern Language Association it was reported that in 2016 there was a noticeable steady increase of enrollment in Korean language university courses within the United States, correlated ...