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deitalicization

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The process of deitalicizing.

uncountable

Examples

“When Charles Hockett equates ‘much human communication is itself about communication’ (deitalicization mine) with, [people] often indulge in communicative behaviour merely for the sake of the activity’ (1958:585) he obviously has a broader sense⟳ of ‘about’ in mind⟳, in fact a different one.”
“The first change⟳ involves parasegmentals, the main question⟳ at issue⟳ being the deitalicization of LOS.”
“I have⟳ followed the current practice of decapitalization and deitalicization of this work⟳.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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