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agglutination
the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
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assimilation
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
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derivation
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
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dissimilation
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
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drift
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
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fusion
the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
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infection
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
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lexicalisation, lexicalization
the process of making a word to express a concept
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metathesis
a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
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deletion, omission
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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synaeresis, syneresis
the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
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aphaeresis, apheresis
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
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aphesis
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
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eponymy
the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person
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melioration
the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
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elision
omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
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eclipsis, ellipsis
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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syncretism
the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
