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	Topics Sandhi Topic Home Sandhi is a cover term for a wide variety of phonologicalPhonology Phonology , is a subfield of linguistics which studies the sound system of a specific language .... processes that occur at morphemeMorpheme In morpheme-based morphology, a morpheme is the smallest lingual unit that carries a semantic interpretation.... or word boundaries (thus belonging to what is called morphophonologyMorphophonology Morphophonology is a branch of linguistics which studies:... ). Examples include the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words. Sandhi occurs particularly prominently in Sanskrit phonology, hence its name, but many other languages have it. As a non-English word, the pronunciation of the word "sandhi" is rather diverse among English speakers. According to Sanskrit phonology it can be . English pronunciations include (identical with "Sunday" for some British EnglishBritish English British English is a term used to distinguish the form of the English language used in the British Isles from forms used el... speakers), (identical with "sandy" for those speakers without the bad-lad splitPhonological history of English short A Trap-bath splitThe trap-bath split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in southern varieties of English English, in the Bos... ), and . See also Alternation (linguistics)Alternation (linguistics) In linguistics, Alternation is when a set of morphosyntactic properties is phonologically expressed in two or more different... CrasisCrasis Crasis is the merger of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following wo... ElisionElision Elision is the omission of one or more sounds in a word or phrase, producing a result that is easier for the speaker to pron... Liaison (French) Linking and intrusive R External links