Heteroglossia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties, styles of discourse, or points of view within a single language, as in a literary work. uncountable

    "A superficial impression of Asia may be of disorder, whereas this condition is in fact the immediate historicity that speaks for an undertheorised heteroglossia."

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"A superficial impression of Asia may be of disorder, whereas this condition is in fact the immediate historicity that speaks for an undertheorised heteroglossia."

Etymology

From hetero- + -glossia.

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