heteroglossia

noun

het·ero·glos·sia ˌhe-tə-rō-ˈglä-sē-ə

-ˈglȯ-

: a diversity of voices, styles of discourse, or points of view in a literary work and especially a novel

Examples of heteroglossia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This example shows one kind of language at use–one part of the heteroglossia this student/speaker could have chosen to use. —

Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2007

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