glottophagy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones. rare,uncountable
    — One scientist's language spread is another's glottophagy. There are a number of partly overlapping perspectives, which can be regarded as concerned primarily with progression or regression.

词源

Borrowed from French glottophagie, coined by Louis-Jean Calvet. By surface analysis, glotto- + -phagy.
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