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- noun Alternative spelling of
nasalization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
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Examples
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It had hardly any of the strident nasalisation of much American speech.
Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983
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The ultra-provincial twang which we still hear amongst the servant-classes of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and which is so notable in the nouveau riche, modified by traditional nasalisation and, as in Australia, by climatic influences, is American and, therefore, the purest of English utterances.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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