Haplology
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Haplology (from Greek ἁπλός haplos "simple" and λόγος logos, "speech") is defined as the elimination of a syllable when two consecutive identical or similar syllables occur. The phenomenon was identified by American philologist Maurice Bloomfield in the 20th century.[1] Linguists sometimes jokingly refer to the phenomenon as "haplogy" (subjecting the word haplology to haplology).[citation needed]
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Examples
- Basque: sagarrardo > sagardo ('apple cider')
- Dutch: narcissisme > narcisme ('narcissism')
- English:
- Latin: nutritrix > nutrix 'nurse'
- Biological Latin:
- Hamamelididae (disallowed spelling: Hamamelidae)
- Nycterididae > Nycteridae[5]
- Anomalocaridid > Anomalocarid
- Homeric Greek: amphiphoreus > amphoreus 'two-handled pitcher' [6]
- Classical Arabic: تتقاتلون tataqātalūna > تقاتلون taqātalūna 'you are fighting each other' [7]
- Spanish: impudicicia > impudicia 'lack of honesty' (both words are widely accepted)[8]
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Notes
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References
- Crowley, Terry. (1997) An Introduction to Historical Linguistics. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press.
