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COMPLEXIFYING PARAGRAPHIA [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbolism and Psychology of Language
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

[a type of paragraphia] is which the number of letters exceeds the target by at least 10% ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symbolique et psychologie du langage
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

[variété de paragraphie dans laquelle le] nombre de syllabes est conservé (sauf redoublement de syllabes); les syllabes sont phoniquement identiques à celles de l'item. Le nombre de lettres utilisées est supérieur de plus de 10% à celui qui est attendu; le nombre de lettres conformes dépasse 80% (en particulier pour les lettre consonnes) (...)

Spanish

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