diacritical

Examples

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• This example demonstrates the script-dependent or writing-system-dependent nature of rendering combining diacritical marks.

  Blog text (12)

• I have chosen to omit diacritical marks for Sanskrit terms in order to make this essay more legible to nonspecialist readers

  Academic text (2008)

• It is also rare to find diacritical marks on the words.

  Academic text (2008)

• Diacritical power is the ability to make significant distinctions.

  Academic text (1996)

• The differentiating diacritical marks established by each group then confirm the nature of the group's social interaction.

  Academic text (2008)

• Not sure what the extra two dots/diacritical marks (I presume) are.

  Blog text (27)

• I am grateful to Olabiye Yai for his generous assistance with the Yoruba diacritical markings for my articles in this issue.

  Academic text (1998)

• The diacritical marks on the signs helped non-native speakers understand the correct pronunciation.

• In linguistics, diacritical symbols play an essential role in indicating the tone and meaning of a word.

• Using diacritical accents can drastically alter the meaning of words in languages like Spanish and Portuguese.

Synonyms

D

discriminatory

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1 6.8

Able to notice small differences between similar things

serves to mark differences in general rather than fine detail

D

diacritic

vsdiacritical

9.5

Helps show a difference between things

is the same meaning but used as an alternate word form

C

contrastive

vsdiacritical

6.8

Showing a clear difference between two things to make them easier to see

serves to show differences generally rather than stressing comparison

D

discriminable

vsdiacritical

8.5

Clearly different so you can tell it apart from similar things

serves to make differences clear rather than merely being detectable

Compounds

D

diacritical mark

• Specialized

6.4

A small sign written on a letter to show how to say it or to change its meaning

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology