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|wketx=In linguistics, [[synaeresis]] (/sɪˈnɛrəsɪs/; also spelled [[syneresis]]) is a phonological process of sound change in which two adjacent vowels within a word are combined into a single syllable. | |||
The opposite process, in which two adjacent vowels are pronounced separately, is known as "[[diaeresis]]". | |||
For any given word, speakers generally hold a traditional view about the standard pronunciation of that word. When realized in a careful reading style, each particular word is associated with this single, standard phonetic form. However, each word also possesses multiple non-standard or reduced phonetic forms which are produced in a greater range of contexts. These multiple variations in the pronunciation of a single word are referred to as allophonic variants. To classify one of these other forms as an allophonic variant of a word means that pronouncing the word in this way will not change the intended meaning of the word. | |||
Synaeresis is one of various phonological processes in which segments of words or phrases are lost. The general term for a loss of sound segments in the field of linguistics is known as "elision". Other types of elision include the processes of apheresis, syncope, apocope, synizesis, and synaloepha. | |||
Synaeresis comes from Greek [[συναίρεσις]] (synaíresis), a "[[contraction]]", a "taking or drawing together", from συναιρέω (synairéō), "(I) contract", "(I) grasp or seize together", derived from σύν, "with", and [[αἱρέω]], "(I) grasp, seize". Semantically, it is easy to understand how this term evolved historically. The term eventually becamer applied to a process in which vowels are taken or drawn together. | |||
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