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entextualisation

UK/ɛnˈtɛkst.jʊ.æl.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃʌn/

entextualisation noun: a process of formal study of writings, removing texts from their context thus rendering them coherent, effective and memorable.

Noun

entextualisation (plural entextualisations)

  1. A process of formal study of writings, removing texts from their context thus rendering them coherent, effective and memorable.
    • It is in the entextualisation of the perlocutionary aspect of his reaction to the woman's speeches that we will find the answer.1996, H S Pyper, David As Reader: 2 Samuel 12:1-15 and the Poetics of Fatherhood
    • The key words here are entextualisation, transposition and recontextualisation.2000, Hugh R. Trappes-Lomax, editor, Change and Continuity in Applied Linguistics

Forms of entextualisation

pluralentextualisations

Questions about entextualisation

What does entextualisation mean?
Entextualisation means a process of formal study of writings, removing texts from their context thus rendering them coherent, effective and memorable.
What part of speech is entextualisation?
Entextualisation is a noun.
How do you pronounce entextualisation?
Entextualisation is pronounced /ɛnˈtɛkst.jʊ.æl.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃʌn/ (UK).
What is the plural of entextualisation?
The plural of entextualisation is entextualisations.

Words near entextualisation in the dictionary

  1. entertook
  2. entertoyment
  3. entertrainment
  4. enterwrought
  5. entery
  6. entextualisation
  7. entextualisations
  8. entextualization
  9. entextualizations
  10. enthalpic
  11. enthalpically

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