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Merging of two syllables into one
A synalepha or synaloepha /ˌsɪnəˈliːfə/ is the merging of two syllables into one, especially when it causes two words to be pronounced as one. The original
Synalepha
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
which would otherwise be the weak one in the diphthong: rüido, cïelo. Synalepha (Spanish sinalefa). The final vowel of a word and the initial one of the
Metre_(poetry)
Loss of a sound within a word
addition of sounds to the interior of a word Poetic contraction Synaeresis Synalepha Syncopation in music Vowel reduction Wells, John C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation
Syncope_(phonology)
Omission of sounds in words or phrases
whether or not the vowels are identical. This is referred to as enlace or synalepha, and is especially common in poetry and songs. It is not necessarily indicated
Elision
Capital of Andalusia and the Province of Seville, Spain
meaning "She [Seville] has not abandoned me". The phrase, pronounced with synalepha as [no ma ðeˈxaðo] (no-madeja-do), is written with an eight in the middle
Seville
Typographical symbol spanning letters)
is called an "elision slur" or "lyric slur", and is used to indicate synalepha: the elision of two or more spoken syllables into a single note; this
Tie_(typography)
words in a metric form that would otherwise make their use impossible. Synalepha Sidgwick, Arthur; Morice, Francis David (1885). An Introduction to Greek
Prodelision
Production of a sound while the velum is lowered
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Nasalization
Sound change converting an alveolar consonant to a rhotic consonant
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Rhotacism
Topics referred to by the same term
omission of sounds Syncope (phonology), omission of sounds in a word Synalepha, merged syllables Synaeresis, combined vowels Crasis, merged vowels or
Contraction
Situational pronunciation of /r/ in non-rhotic varieties of English
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Linking_and_intrusive_R
Alteration in the pronunciation or the orthography of a word
of a sound to a word: beginning of a word (prothesis) end (paragoge) Synalepha, two syllables becoming one, occurs by elision, crasis, synaeresis, or
Metaplasm
Sound change affecting Greek vowel length
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Quantitative_metathesis
Phonological process involving the addition of one or more sounds to a word
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Epenthesis
Poetic device
(closed/long), in keeping with the conventions of Homeric verse. Metaplasm Hiatus Synalepha Look up correption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. correptio. Charlton
Correption
Switching the order of sounds
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Metathesis_(linguistics)
Continuous sequence of sounds in spoken language
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Connected_speech
Grammatical change of vowels in Indo-European languages
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Indo-European_ablaut
Phonetic sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Consonant voicing and devoicing
Consonant_voicing_and_devoicing
Phonetic phenomenon in Uralic languages
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Consonant_gradation
Type of secondary articulation in speech
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Velarization
Process by which monophthongs become diphthongs and triphthongs
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Vowel_breaking
Vowel sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Monophthongization
Sound change of vowels assimilating to each other, especially in Germanic languages
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Umlaut_(linguistics)
Pronunciation of a latent word-final consonant immediately before a following vowel sound
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Liaison_(French)
Elision through dissimilation
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Haplology
Phenomenon in linguistics
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Assimilation_(phonology)
Loss of word-final sounds
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Apocope
Consonant sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Lenition
Sound change towards glottal articulation
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Debuccalization
Sound changes
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Fronting_(sound_change)
Phonological process
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Final-obstruent_devoicing
Change in tone contour based on adjacent syllable tones
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Tone_sandhi
Process in historical linguistics
Back-formation Clipping Eggcorn Juncture Mondegreen Scunthorpe problem Synalepha Synaeresis Syncope Univerbation See p. 146 in Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003)
Rebracketing
Vowel sandhi process
(linguistics) Clitic Contraction (grammar) Elision Liaison (French) Sandhi Synalepha Note that crasis in English usually refers to the merging of words, but
Crasis
Shortening of words or phrases
List of common English usage misconceptions § Usage Poetic contraction Synalepha Syncope (phonetics) Fixed compound is a word phrase used grammatically
Contraction_(grammar)
Phonological process of sound change
vowels as a diphthong (αϊ /ai̮/).[citation needed] Diaeresis Metaplasm Synalepha Crasis Elision Contraction Synizesis Smoothing (phonetics) Note on terminology:
Synaeresis
Systematic change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Vowel_shift
Syllabic separation of two adjacent vowels
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Vowel_hiatus
Phonological sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Assibilation
Sound change in vowels
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Vowel_harmony
Sound change where one feature separates into two; opposite of fusion
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Unpacking_(linguistics)
Sound system of Spanish
by vocalic sequences being longer in those positions. In addition to synalepha across word boundaries, sequences of vowels in hiatus become diphthongs
Spanish_phonology
Alternate phonetic realization of a morpheme
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Alternation_(linguistics)
Process of language change that affects pronunciation or sound system structure
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Sound_change
Vowel shift
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Raising_(sound_change)
Linguistic phenomenon where sounds diverge
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Dissimilation_(phonology)
Adding sounds to the end of a word
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Paragoge
Sounds and pronunciation of the Italian language
former vowel tends to become non-syllabic. This phenomenon is called synalepha and should be taken into account when counting syllables, e.g. in poetry
Italian_phonology
Sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Triphthong_smoothing
Concept in linguistics
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Phonological_rule
Phonological assimilation
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Consonant_harmony
Loss of the vowel at the beginning of a word
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Apheresis_(linguistics)
Type of linguistic sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Fusion_(phonetics)
Pronouncing "l" sounds as vowels
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
L-vocalization
Sound changes affecting each other
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Chain_shift
Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Tone_(linguistics)
Sound change that either results in a palatal or palatalized consonant or a front vowel
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Palatalization_(sound_change)
Sound change
vowel sounds may be considered synizesis. That is typically described as synalepha or elision. These disagreements come as a result of the fact that languages
Synizesis
Concept in historical linguistics
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Transphonologization
Type of sound change at morpheme or syllable boundaries
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Sandhi
Secondary articulatory feature of sounds in some languages
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Labialization
Simplification of consonant clusters in certain environments
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Cluster_reduction
Phonetic phenomenon
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Rhinoglottophilia
Linguistic term
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Floating_tone
Sound change happening in linguistics
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Consonant_mutation
Insertion of a sound at the beginning of a word
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Prothesis_(linguistics)
Class of vowel change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Metaphony
Sound change within a word that indicates grammatical information
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Apophony
Concept in phonetics
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Coarticulation
Consonantal change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Fortition
Lengthening of vowel sounds in place of a deleted consonant
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Compensatory_lengthening
Consonant sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
Delateralization
Vowel sound change
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
I-mutation
Phenomenon in phonology
Sandhi Liaison, linking R Consonant mutation Tone sandhi Vowel hiatus Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony
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