单词 | haplology |
释义 | haplologyn. Linguistics. A process of contraction whereby a single letter or syllable is produced (esp. in speech) instead of two identical or similar-sounding ones (as /fɛbri/ for ‘February’). Cf. haplography n., syncopation n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound > lengthening or shortening > contraction of two sounds into one synalœpha1540 synaeresis1577 elisiona1586 synizesis1846 haplology1893 1893 Proc. Amer. Oriental Soc. p. xxxii A note on haplology; by Prof. M. Bloomfield, of Johns Hopkins University. 1895 M. Bloomfield in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 16 411 The philosopher who coined symbolatry after idolatry (the latter είδωλολατρεία changed by haplology.) 1901 H. Oertel Lect. Study Lang. iv. 232 The ‘dissimilatory loss’ of a repeated consonant is in no way similar to the syncope (haplology) of one of two similar syllables. 1953 I. Dyen Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Laryngeals ii. 12 Perhaps by haplology the same development occurred in a single instance of a word with two syllables ending in h. 2009 Anthropol. Linguistics 51 24 Here the noun in question appears to have been truncated before the objurgative element, perhaps through haplology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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