enregisterment

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noun

The process of enregistering or becoming a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").

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Meanings

nounenregisterment (countable and uncountable, plural enregisterments)

plural enregisterments

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe process of enregistering or becoming a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").

    The enregisterment of culture among Latino, Black, and Asian students resembles that of multicultural programs insofar as the noun culture denotes a valuable possession of the racially marked and a contribution to the larger community.

    2009 June, Bonnie Urciuoli, “Talking/Not Talking about Race: The Enregisterments of Culture in Higher Education Discourses”, in Linguistic Anthropology, volume 19, number 1, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29

Origin

From enregister + -ment.

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