1. relating to or involving more than one language; comparing or examining phenomena across different languages
Usage: commonly used in linguistics, cognitive science, and language education

Examples

• Crosslinguistic studies have shown that children acquire certain grammatical structures in similar patterns across languages.
• The researcher conducted a crosslinguistic analysis of word order in European languages.
• Crosslinguistic influence can occur when a speaker's native language affects their learning of a second language.
• This crosslinguistic comparison reveals interesting differences in how languages express time.
• Linguists use crosslinguistic data to test theories about universal language principles.
• The study examined crosslinguistic variations in how different cultures name colors.