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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter-by-letter, such as "U.N."
- The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
- Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
- Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Esimerkit
- Some alphabetisms are written as if they weren't alphabetisms at all, like deejay for DJ, disc jockey, or emcee for MC, master of ceremonies.
- Some of the activities involved in ... corvée and military needs stimulated the spread of a certain type of minimal alphabetism for inventorying and most likely encouraged the development of a professional scribalism for record-keeping and book-keeping.
- The answer, I suggest, is that phonemism is rooted in alphabetism. Indeed, many linguists have suggested that there really is a /g/ phoneme at the end of 'fang' and other [ŋ]-final words in English, except that they are not pronounced!
- The injustice of "alphabetism" is, of course, a thorn in the Zitser side, and he playfully promises to assign the problem to "alphabetically neutral" aides.
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