crosslinguistic
/ˌkrɔs.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or involving two or more different languages.
- Crosslinguistic research helps us understand how children learn grammar in different languages.
- The study took a crosslinguistic approach, comparing sentence structure in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
- The professor's crosslinguistic analysis showed that many languages use similar sounds for the word 'mother'.