Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

translanguaging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: translan-guag-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of translanguage

Example Sentences

"The idea of translingualism, as it is often called in composition studies or translanguaging as it is often called in linguistics, rejects the monolingual norm."

Etymology

From trans- + languaging.

Usage

Inflected Forms

translanguagings (plural)

Questions

What does translanguaging mean?: 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.
Where does translanguaging come from?: From trans- + languaging.

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