self-orientalizing 1991
Stephen Goranson
goranson at DUKE.EDU
Tue May 27 14:31:28 UTC 2014
Thanks. Whether OED will include it, I leave to OED.
As to whether the usage is reasonably substantial, perhaps see GoogleBooks or JSTOR.
SG
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Randy wrote:
On May 27, 2014 9:26 AM, "Stephen Goranson" <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
>
> Not (I think) in OED.
>
>have a tendency to be most involved in what I have termed
self-orientalizing....."
>
Inclusion in OED requires evidence of something like 10 years of reasonably
substantial usage. This appears to be a one-off coinage of a technical
term for use in a paper.
Randy
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