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uniˈlingual, a. (n.)
[See uni- 1 and lingual a., and cf. F. unilingue.]
1. Pertaining to one language only; knowing or employing only one language.
Hence, in recent use, unilingualism.
1866Visct. Strangford Select. (1869) II. 18 In Crete, one of the most primitive and unilingual parts of the Levant. 1886Standard 8 Oct. 5 A good linguist has a pull..over his unilingual contemporary. 1894Educat. Rev. VII. 190 The unilingual method..advocated by pedagogical writers.
2. absol. as n. = monoglot n. rare.
1956Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxvi. 9 A monolingual (also called a monoglot or a unilingual) is a person who knows only one language. 1976Word 1971 XXVII. 382 Swedish was usually spoken to unilinguals.
Add: Hence uniˈlingually adv.
1978Lang. & Lang. Behavior Abstr. AILA Suppl. ii. 96/1 ‘Anglo-Saxon’ ethnic groups [in Montreal] enjoy superior income even when unilingually anglophone. 1980Word 1979 XXX. 176 Both private and official advertising on posters, in shop windows, and so on, is becoming more and more unilingually Finnish. 1986Financial Times 3 June i. 6/7 The French Language Charter of 1977..made signs in Montreal unilingually French. |