nativization (English, noun)
expansion: nativization (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
tags: uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
tags: uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: nativisation
tags: alternative