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monolingualism

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Contexto: "Unlike some writers (e.g.Jenkins, 2006) we do not conflate nativeness with monolingualism, although the ‘native-speakers’ in this study are either monolingual users of English or are English-dominant bilinguals whose additional language/s were acquired after childhood."

Termo equivalente: monoglotismo; monolinguismo

Definição: "The ability to converse in one language only"

monolingualism

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Contexto: "The prevalence of this mindset has formed what Maylath (2019) calls “a cult of monolingualism” in technical and professional communication (p. xvii). But as Al Hilali and McKinley (2021) note, it is not about the specific language that students need “but how to use language in socially constructed spaces in the workplace (p. 95)."
Fonte: Hodges, A., & Seawright, L. (2023). Transnational technical communication: English as a business lingua franca in engineering workplaces. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 86(4), 498–513. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329490623115

Termo equivalente: Monolinguismo

Definição: "Monolingualism is simply the ability to speak or understand only one language or the regular use of only one language. It refers to a person, group, or place that uses a single language as the main language, in contrast to multilingualism, which involves speaking multiple languages."
Fonte: Dictionary.com. (s.d.). Monolingual. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved 27 of August of 2025, from https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mon olingual

Definição em português: "Monolinguismo é simplesmente a habilidade de falar ou entender apenas uma língua ou o uso regular de apenas uma língua. Se refere a uma pessoa, grupo ou local que usa apenas uma língua como língua principal. Diferente de multilinguismo que envolve falar várias línguas."