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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesglottocentrismo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡlɔt.t͡ʃenˈtri.zmo
"Il glottocentrismo limita la comprensione della comunicazione multimodale."
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2 senses- 1
The ethnocentric belief that one's own language is superior to others or the normative standard against which all other languages should be measured.
"His critique focuses on the pervasive glottocentrism embedded in traditional Western linguistic theories." - 2
An analytical framework or perspective that places language at the absolute center of human cognition, culture, and social interaction, sometimes to the exclusion of other communicative modalities.
"Anthropologists warn against academic glottocentrism when studying non-verbal cultures."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek root 'glōtta' (tongue, language) combined with the English combining form '-centrism' (centered around or focused on). Formed in late 20th-century sociolinguistics to describe ideological biases that privilege one's own language or language family as superior or normative.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Glottocentrism" is said worldwide
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glottocentrisme
Transliteration: ɡlɔt.sɑ̃.tʁism
"Le glottocentrisme biaise souvent l'analyse des langues minoritaires."
Glottozentrismus
Transliteration: ɡlɔtoˈtsɛntʁɪsmʊs
"Der Glottozentrismus prägte lange Zeit die europäische Sprachwissenschaft."
glottocentrismo
Transliteration: ɡlɔt.t͡ʃenˈtri.zmo
"Il glottocentrismo limita la comprensione della comunicazione multimodale."
glotocentrismo
Transliteration: ɡlo.to.senˈtɾiz.mo
"Debemos superar el glotocentrismo en la investigación sociolingüística."
glotocentrismo
Transliteration: ɡlo.to.sẽˈtɾiz.mu
"O glotocentrismo desvaloriza outras formas de expressão cultural."
भाषाकेन्द्रियता
Transliteration: bhashakendriyata
"भाषाकेन्द्रियता भाषाई विविधता के अध्ययन में एक बाधा है।"
语言中心主义
Transliteration: yǔyán zhōngxīn zhǔyì
"我们需要克服学术研究中的语言中心主义。"
언어중심주의
Transliteration: eon-eo-jung-sim-ju-ui
"언어중심주의는 다문화 사회의 소통을 방해할 수 있다."
言語中心主義
Transliteration: gengo chūshin shugi
"言語中心主義は比較言語学において批判されてきた。"
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