dominant language
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdominantandlanguage
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dominant
adjective
uk/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofdominantandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Sometimes languages disappear because of oppressive actions by outside agencies-usually an imperial power or a central state controlled by speakers of thedominantlanguage.
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In fact, it provides the vocabulary to discuss the age-old opposition between thedominantlanguageand the minority language.
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This biased interest is reflected in an almost exclusive focus on the use and acquisition of literacy in thedominantlanguage.
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The main effect of vowel quality missed significance, and the interaction betweendominantlanguageand vowel quality was not significant.
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Item 6 is explainable as the usual scenario for fusion with a pragmaticallydominantlanguage.
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All four children initially used their languages in the proportion that would be expected by theirdominantlanguage.
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The closed type does not make direct use of the lexical words of thedominantlanguage, and the open type does.
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In other words, children use theirdominantlanguagemore, even in situations where one would expect a bilingual person to use the nondominant language.
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What are the ongoing processes ofdominantlanguageswitch or maintenance?
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It is also the language of the mass media and thedominantlanguageof the print medium.
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Moreover, the term tends to be associated with majority children learning a lessdominantlanguage.
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We argued that it is possible that words in thedominantlanguageinterfere more in lexical selection than the words in the non-dominantlanguage.
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Perhaps more significant were the newlydominantlanguageideologies that came packaged with the rise of socialist realism.
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Figure 2 charts the interaction between medial consonant type anddominantlanguage.
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The three-way interaction between fragment type,dominantlanguage, and medial consonant type failed to reach significance.
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Furthermore, on researching into the relations between verbal variability and speakers'dominantlanguage, the previous impression is bolstered even more.
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As this is often a one-way process, it may be at the expense of thedominantlanguage(which does not borrow).
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English did not become established as thedominantlanguageof account until the 16th century.
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Interestingly, the bilingual children studied here differ depending on the presence of adominantlanguage.
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