taalkoppeling
Taalkoppeling is a Dutch term used to describe the linkage or interaction between language systems or between language and other modalities in communication. In its broad sense it refers to how linguistic elements such as phonology, syntax and semantics relate to each other, and how languages influence one another in multilingual contexts. The concept is employed across linguistic subfields, technology and education, with varying emphases depending on the domain.
In sociolinguistics and contact linguistics, taalkoppeling often denotes the ways in which languages in contact affect
In language technology and applied linguistics, taalkoppeling appears in discussions of multilingual natural language processing, translation
Examples include a bilingual speaker who alternates Dutch and English within a sentence, a translation system
See also: code-switching, language contact, lexical borrowing, bilingualism, cross-language transfer, language engineering.