Exophony

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being exophonic. uncountable

    "The translingual/transnational writers described here can be called specular border writers, to use Abdul JanMohamed's term, or writers of exophony, to use Tawada's term."

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"The translingual/transnational writers described here can be called specular border writers, to use Abdul JanMohamed's term, or writers of exophony, to use Tawada's term."

Etymology

From exo- + -phony.

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