Haplology
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Haplology is defined as the elimination of a syllable
Syllable
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus with optional initial and final margins .Syllables are often considered the phonological "building...

 when two consecutive identical or similar syllables occur. The phenomenon was identified by American philologist Maurice Bloomfield
Maurice Bloomfield
Maurice Bloomfield, Ph. D., LL.D. was an American philologist and Sanskrit scholar.-Biography:Bloomfield was born in Bielitz , in what was at that time Austrian Silesia...

 in the 20th century. Linguists sometimes jokingly refer to the phenomenon as "haplogy" (subjecting the word "haplology" to haplology).

Examples

  • Basque: sagarrardo > sagardo 'apple cider'
  • English:
    • Engla land > England
    • morpho phonology > morphonology
    • Colloquial:
      • library (RP
        Received Pronunciation
        Received Pronunciation , also called the Queen's English, Oxford English or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms...

        : /ˈlaɪbrərɪ/) > libry /ˈlaɪbrɪ/
      • particularly > particuly
      • pierced-ear earrings > pierced earrings
      • probably > probly
      • February > Febury
    • Coercitive (obsolete spelling) > Coercive
    • Hamamelididae
      Hamamelididae
      Hamamelididae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system, although in the disallowed spelling Hamamelidae...

      (disallowed spelling: Hamamelidae)
    • Nycterididae > Nycteridae
      Nycteridae
      Nycteridae is the family of slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in a single genus, Nycteris. The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia and many parts of Africa....

      http://bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13801048
    • mono nomial > monomial
      Monomial
      In mathematics, in the context of polynomials, the word monomial can have one of two different meanings:*The first is a product of powers of variables, or formally any value obtained by finitely many multiplications of a variable. If only a single variable x is considered, this means that any...

  • Latin: nutritrix > nutrix 'nurse'
  • Homeric Greek: amphiphoreus > amphoreus 'two-handled pitcher'
  • Classical Arabic: تتقاتلون tataqātalūna > تقاتلون taqātalūna 'you are fighting each other'
  • Spanish: impudicicia > impudicia 'lack of honesty' (both words are widely accepted)
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