Definition of interlanguage in English:
interlanguage
noun ˈɪntəlaŋɡwɪdʒˈin(t)ərˌlaNGɡwij
A language or form of language having features of two others, typically a pidgin or a version produced by a foreign learner.
the interlanguage of Dutch learners of French
Example sentencesExamples
- The co-authors of this paper considered that EFL students' errors represented a developmental process in which a specific interlanguage (set of characteristic linguistic patterns) would merge.
- Immigrant varieties have developed, such as Toronto's Italese, an interlanguage resulting from three generations of contact between Italian and English.
- This article seeks to establish connections between two different language contact phenomena, interlanguage and codeswitching.
- The usual source of crosslinguistic influence in the interlanguage of a person learning a first foreign language is quite obviously his/her L1.
- Tutuola writes in an interlanguage (as teachers of second languages call it) of Yoruba and English.