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Monosyllabification

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monosyllabizationnounThe process or result of monosyllabizing.
monosyllabicationnounConversion into monosyllabic form
monosyllabizingnounConversion to monosyllabic form
syllabizationnounSynonym of syllabification.
syllabationnoun(rare) syllabification
syllabificationnounThe division of a word into syllables.
dissyllabificationnoun(archaic) A division into two syllables.
monophthongisationnounBritish standard spelling of monophthongization.
syllabic abbreviationnoun(linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words.
syllabismnoun(linguistics) The expression of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.
bisyllabismnounSynonym of disyllabism.
monosyllablenounA word of one syllable.
grammaticalizationnoun(linguistics) The process of language change by which a word or morpheme is reduced to more of a grammeme than a lexeme, for example the reduction of a content word representing an object or action (a noun or verb) to a clitic.
soft mutationnoun(linguistics) An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.
singularizationnounThe process or result of singularizing
syllabicOf, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
simplexnoun(linguistics) A word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes (inflectional affixes are usually disregarded); a monomorphemic word.
assibilationnoun(phonology) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
synaeresisnoun(prosody, phonetics, poetry) The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.
isosyllabismnoun(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse

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