Definition of Monolinguals

1. monolingual [n] - See also: monolingual

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monolinguals

monolayer
monolayered
monolayering of cell
monolayerlike
monolayers
monoleptic fever
monolexemic
monoligated
monolignol
monoline
monolinear
monolines
monolingual
monolingualism
monolingually
monolinguals (current term)
monolinuron
monolith
monolithal
monolithic
monolithically
monolithium
monoliths
monolocular
monolog
monologed
monologged
monologging
monologic
monologies

Literary usage of Monolinguals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa: Perspectives, Practices by Renuka Vithal, Jill Adler, Christine Keitel (2005)
"This is different from the monolingual view, which always compares the linguistic ability of bilinguals with that of monolinguals in the languages concerned ..."

2. Teaching The Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 by Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar (2005)
"Even though he was speaking Spanish, even we monolinguals all knew how precious this memento was to him. We also discovered how much scientific knowledge ..."

3. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"As in studies of the English DIS, the Spanish DIS alcohol diagnoses attained high test-retest reliability among monolinguals and high agreement when English ..."

4. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics And the American Future by Marta Tienda, Faith Mitchell (2006)
"... other immigrant groups, the majority of third-generation Hispanics—the grandchildren of the present wave of immigrants—will be English monolinguals. ..."

5. Hispanics and the Future of America by Marta Tienda, Faith Mitchell (2006)
"For the tabulations presented in Figure 7-1, English monolinguals are presumed to speak English "very well" and are grouped together with bilinguals who ..."

6. Negotiation: Methodology and Training by L. J. Nieuwmeijer (1992)
"... HC, Davis, E E. Some methodological problems concerning research on negotiations between monolinguals. Ur- bana: University of Illinois. 1965. ..."

7. Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework: Conference by Melissa Vieyra-King, Karen Calteaux (1996)
"He suggests that the proposition originates in 'colonizer monolinguals ... who have not even managed to learn the language of the children they teach' ..."

8. Every Student Succeeds: A Conceptual Framework For Students At Risk Of by Dennis Parker (1994)
"... research on the cognitive advantages that additive proficient bilingualism has over even the highest-performing monolinguals of either language. ..."

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