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Meaning of "focalization" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOCALIZATION

focalization  [ˌfəʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOCALIZATION

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Focalization is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOCALIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Focalization

Focalization is a term coined by the French narrative theorist Gerard Genette. It refers to the perspective through which a narrative is presented. For example, a narrative where all information presented reflects the subjective perception of a certain character is said to be internally focalized. An omniscient narrator corresponds to zero focalization. External focalization - camera eye. A novel in which no simple rules restrict the transition between different focalizations could be said to be unfocalized, but specific relationships between basic types of focalization constitute more complex focalization strategies; for example, a novel could provide external focalization alternating with internal focalizations through three different characters, where the second character is never focalized except after the first, and three other characters are never focalized at all. The specific domain of literary theory which deals with focalization is narratology, and it concerns not only distinctions between subjective and objective focalizations but various gradations between them, such as free indirect discourse, style indirect libre, or quasi-direct discourse.

Definition of focalization in the English dictionary

The definition of focalization in the dictionary is the act or an instance of focalizing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOCALIZATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOCALIZATION

focaccia
focal
focal distance
focal infection
focal length
focal plane
focal plane shutter
focal point
focal ratio
focalisation
focalise
focalize
focally
Foch
foci
focimeter
focometer
focus
focus group
focus puller

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOCALIZATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of focalization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «focalization» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOCALIZATION

Find out the translation of focalization to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of focalization from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «focalization» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

聚焦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

focalización
570 millions of speakers

English

focalization
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

focalization
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تبؤر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фокализация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

focalização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

focalization
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

focalisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemasyhuran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fokussierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フォーカリゼーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초점화 구현
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Focalization
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

focalization
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

focalization
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केंद्रीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Odaklaşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

focalizzazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zogniskowaniem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фокалізація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

focalizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικέντρωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fokalisasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

focalization
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

focalization
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of focalization

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOCALIZATION»

The term «focalization» is normally little used and occupies the 129.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOCALIZATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «focalization» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «focalization» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about focalization

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOCALIZATION»

Discover the use of focalization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to focalization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Point of View, Perspective, and Focalization: Modeling ...
In this volume, fourteen articles by international scholars from seven different countries address these problems anew from various angles, reviewing the sub-categorization of mediation and re-specifying its dimensions both in literary ...
Peter Hühn, Wolf Schmid, Jörg Schönert, 2009
2
Hindsight and Insight: Focalization in Four ...
Hindsight and Insight contributes to our knowledge of the history and evolution of the novel by demonstrating that France's earliest novelists were already engaged in the kinds of narrative experimentation that are usually associated with ...
William F. Edmiston, 2008
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Point of View in Plays: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to ...
Internal focalization, on the other hand, is described by Genette, as being found in those narratives in which the omniscience of the narrator is restricted. Genette explains that internal focalization can be fixed (i.e. restricted to the point of view of  ...
Dan McIntyre, 2006
4
New Perspectives on Narrative Perspective
It also occurs in the mode of variable or multiple internal focalization (Genette 1980:189-90), for the mode itself necessarily contains the change from the viewpoint of one character to that of another. Both a shift in point of view within a mode ...
Willie van Peer, Seymour Benjamin Chatman, 2001
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Working Through the Ambiguities of Focalization with the ...
In it, I apply the small number of focalization models advanced within film studies to an analysis of the works of an internationally acclaimed Taiwanese director, Edward Yang.
James Benoit, 2006
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Psychonarratology: Foundations for the Empirical Study of ...
Perception. and. Focalization. In this chapter, we discuss the role of perceptual information in narrative and its role in identifying the narrator and his or her knowledge of the narrative world. In the traditional narratological scholarship, the role of ...
Marisa Bortolussi, Peter Dixon, 2003
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Film Narratology
As a result, this scene from Il Deserto Rosso is based on ambiguous focalization. The visual narrator shows and focalizes Giuliana sitting next to a car laden with grey fruit. Focalization is always also interpretation, but whether the visual ...
Peter Verstraten, 2009
8
Spaces, Worlds, and Grammar
However, perspective phenomena can be found in other text types as well, and their functions are not restricted to dramatization. Taking as our point of departure the concept of focalization, developed in modern narratology, we will propose a ...
Gilles Fauconnier, Eve Sweetser, 1996
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory
Approaching focalization from a cognitivist position (see COGNITIVE NARRATOLOGY), Jahn (1996; 1999) has argued that focalization is a means of opening an imaginary 'window' onto the narrative world (see STORYWORLD), enabling ...
David HERMAN, Manfred JAHN, Marie-Laure RYAN, 2010
10
The Nature of Narrative: Revised and Expanded
In what he calls zero focalization (later helpfully amended to free focalization by William Nelles), the narrator knows more than the characters and exercises the privilege of moving freely about the story world to comment first on this scene and  ...
Robert Scholes, James Phelan, Robert Kellogg, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOCALIZATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term focalization is used in the context of the following news items.
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Charlie Hebdo: The Enemy Within?
Because of the focalization and negative sentiments towards Muslim immigrants in France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has announced a plan ... «Uloop News, Jun 15»
2
EDDIE SEAGLE: A different choice for landscaping
Zebragrass offers strong focalization in the landscape with its color and upright growth habit that does well in a perennial border. Reaching a ... «The Albany Herald, May 15»
3
LG G4 vs Apple iPhone 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Camera Comparison
... then you can just use the quick controls to take a photo. There's no need for manual focalization because the sensor takes care of everything. «AndroidOrigin, May 15»
4
Meet Carrie Underwood's Trainer and Try Her Super-Charged …
... ago, I tried to keep active so I jog, And I even try to do some focalization on my legs to thin them but it seems nothings makes them leaner. «PEOPLE Great Ideas, Sep 14»
5
Curb your sweet tooth
After gauging the participants' levels of cravings, researchers concluded that the visual focalization in which they were instructed not to ... «Free Malaysia Today, Sep 14»
6
How's the Mood-Board?
The absent, third term is to be understood through differential reading, there is none of the exact focalization by person/place/time of ... «The Fortnightly Review, Jul 14»
7
How thin, flexible electronics will revolutionize everything from user …
You couldn't do that with a standard CMOS imaging sensor, for example, because that needs a minimum distance for focalization. Get all the ... «GigaOM, Apr 14»
8
Yona National Park with supervising tools
... João Guerra de Freitas, said on Wednesday, in this city that the National Park of Yona has new means for focalization to patrol the area . «AngolaPress, Sep 13»
9
Controlling vortex light beams
Radial polarized beams can produce very small focal spots, or generate longitudinal electric field components upon focalization, and so are of ... «SPIE Newsroom, Aug 13»
10
External support and the Syrian insurgency
Focalization on this project has resulted in an unimpressive record of military confrontation with the regime, rigid and at times brutal ... «Foreign Policy, Aug 13»

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