This statement reflects the traditional assumption that linguistic theories often take on: that monolingualism is the norm. Romaine pointed out in her book Bilingualism that it would be weird to find a book titled Monolingualism. Monolingual speakers are outnumbered by multilingual speakers in the world's population. Note that monoglottism can only refer to not having the ability to speak several languages. Monolingual or unilingual is also said of a text, dictionary, or conversation written or conducted in only one language, and of an entity in or at which a single language is either used or officially recognized. In a different context "unilingualism" may refer to a language policy which enforces an official or national language over others. In other words, the monolingual dictionary supercharged my vocabulary acquisition, by providing more exposure to the language in general. Monoglottism or, more commonly, monolingualism or unilingualism is the condition of being able to speak only a single language, as compared to multilingualism. A Monolingual learner's dictionary (or MLD) is a type of dictionary designed to meet the reference needs of people learning a foreign language.MLDs are based on the premise that language-learners should progress from a bilingual dictionary to a monolingual one as they become more proficient in their target language, but that general-purpose dictionaries (aimed at native speakers) are. Freebase (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition:
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