Difference between revisions of "Haplology"

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Haplology is the reduction of a sequence of two identical or very similar syllables to a single such syllable.

Campbell, Lyle. 1998. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Trask, R. L.. 1996. Historical Linguistics. London: Arnold.

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-'''Haplology''' is the reduction of a sequence of two identical or very similar syllables to a single such syllable.
+'''Haplology''' is the reduction of a sequence of two identical or very similar [[syllable]]s to a single such syllable.
 ===Examples===
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 * [[Middle English]] ''humblely'' > Modern English ''humbly'' (Campbell 1998:37)
 * [[Basque]] ''sagar'' "apple" + ''ardo'' "wine" > ''sagardo'' "cider" (Trask 1996:68)
+===References===
+* [[Lyle Campbell|Campbell, Lyle]]. 1998. ''Historical Linguistics: An Introduction''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
+* [[Robert Lawrence Trask|Trask, R. L.]]. 1996. ''Historical Linguistics''. London: Arnold.
 ===Other languages===
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 * Russian [[гаплология]]
-===References===
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-* [[Lyle Campbell|Campbell, Lyle]]. 1998. ''Historical Linguistics: An Introduction''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
-* [[Robert Lawrence Trask|Trask, R. L.]]. 1996. ''Historical Linguistics''. London: Arnold.
 [[Category:Diachrony]]