small capitals

noun

small capitals

noun
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Media, Publishing, Typography Synonym of small caps.

  • Small capitals in an example identify the word receiving the nuclear accent of the clause, or (in most cases) an extra heavy contrastive accent. [“Bill was the one who wrote this note.” — “No.] Pete wrote it.”2006, Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed, Bert Cappelle, “The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase”, in The Grammar of the English Tense System, volume 1, →ISBN, page 6:

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