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Transphonologization

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transphonologisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of transphonologization. [(phonology) A type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature.]
rephonologizationnoun(phonology) Synonym of transphonologization.
cheshirizationnoun(phonology, rare) Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”).
assimilationnounThe act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
rephonemicizationnounThe process or result of rephonemicizing.
alveolarizationnoun(anatomy) The formation of alveoli.
regressive assimilationnoun(phonetics, phonology) An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the following sound.
nativizationnoun(linguistics) The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
transflectionnoun(linguistics) The coining of a new word by changing of the inflectional pattern of an existing word.
mutationnounAny alteration or change.
re-etymologizationnoun(linguistics) Modification of a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.
superjumpnounAn extremely large or powerful jump.
hyperthesisnoun(linguistics, phonology) A form of metathesis in which noncontiguous sounds are switched.
transflexionnounAlternative form of transflection.
conversionnounThe act of converting something or someone.
right-to-left assimilationnoun(phonetics) Synonym of regressive assimilation.
modificationnounThe result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
phenoconversionnounSynonym of phenocopying.
left-to-right assimilationnoun(phonetics) Synonym of progressive assimilation.
transmorphismnounThe transformation or development of one thing into another.

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