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monosyllabismenUK
mon•o•syl•la•bism (ˌmɒn əˈsɪl əˌbɪz əm)
n. 1. monosyllabic character. 2. the use of monosyllables. [1795–1805] monosyllabismthe condition of having only one syllable. — monosyllable, n. — monosyllabic, adj.See also: LanguageMonosyllabismenUK
Monosyllabism the predominance of words of one syllable in a language. In such languages, monosyllabism usually occurs in conjunction with polytonic stress and a fixed sentence word order. However, these structural characteristics may serve only as the basis for a typological, not a genealogical, classification of languages. Monosyllabism is characteristic of many, but not all, of the Sino-Tibetan languages (such as ancient Chinese) and the Kwa languages. ThesaurusSeemonosyllable |