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metaplasm is a change in the orthography (and hence phonology ) of a word. Originally it referred to techniques used in Ancient Greek
Kaynak: MetaplasmSynizesis is a sound change (
metaplasm ) in which two originally syllabic vowel s are pronounced as a single syllable without change in
Kaynak: SynizesisSimilarly, synalepha most often refers to elision (as in English contraction ), but it can also refer to coalescence by other
metaplasm s
Kaynak: SynalephaIn linguistics , synaeresis or syneresis (see American and British spelling differences ) is a sound change (
metaplasm ) by which two vowel
Kaynak: SynaeresisProthesis is a
metaplasm , a change in spelling or pronunciation. The opposite process, the loss of a sound from the beginning of a word,
Kaynak: Prothesis (linguistics)noun and the verb, much used during the Carolingian period; and the other, Ars de Barbarismis et Metaplasmis, on barbarism s and
metaplasm .
Kaynak: Consentiusplus des accents d'ycelle (1540 uses the circumflex (this time as a punctuation mark written between two letters) to show three
metaplasm s:
Kaynak: Use of the circumflex in French