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diacritic

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A small mark added to a letter that changes its pronunciation, such as an acute accent (á), a grave accent (à) and a cedilla (ç).
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In Modernity at Large, Arjun Appadurai posits media as one of the major diacritics which works to constitute modern subjectivity (1996:3).
Narrating trauma as modernity: Kenyan artists and the American ... by Kasfir, Sidney L. / African Arts
Finally, early versions of Blackboard do not support use of diacritic marks and non-Roman writing systems except in posted documents--a problem if languages other than English need to be used for Announcements, Discussion Board etc.
Blended courses: a mixed blessing by Bartholomew, Kathryn / Academic Exchange Quarterly
A schwa is "a diacritic marking silence instead of a vowel sound," according to Webster's, and the name is appropriate for Calvin Schwa, who is "functionally invisible"--nobody ever notices him, even when they're standing next to him.
Shusterman, Neal. The Schwa was here by Rohrlick, Paula / Kliatt
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