👉 A localism is a type of linguistic structure in which a word or phrase appears only in one context, usually in a sentence. It can be used to indicate that a word has limited meaning or does not carry the same significance across different contexts. For example, "to be" and "being" are examples of localisms as they both have a single meaning in English. Localisms are often found within idiomatic expressions, phrases, and sentences where they serve a specific function or provide context for