Deitalicization

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  1. 1
    The process of deitalicizing. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

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