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Definition of Haplology
1. Noun. (linguistics) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word, as in ‘library’ > libry (pronounced ['la?bri]). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haplology
1. [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Haplology
1. The omission of syllables because of excessive speed of utterance. Origin: haplo-+ G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haplology
Literary usage of Haplology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"... 'we found (it)' (17:29; with haplology), ... 'we hold (a meeting)' (37:8; with
haplology), ... 'we make (it)' (17:8; with haplology), ..."
2. Lectures on the Study of Language by Hanns Oertel (1901)
"For these cases Bloomfield introduced the apt term " haplology."l Others speak
here of syllabic ... The vulgar modern High German has not only the haplology ..."
3. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1897)
"... they are due to repeated blunders which the community has finally ceased to
correct. Needless to say, the haplology in the Avestan stem ..."
4. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1917)
"30. 443. But the assumption that *fce-Ta.T- arose by haplology from ... T-, as
TOTI)S from *TOTO-TOT-, is not an easy one. haplology is natural in ..."
5. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1907)
"... one of the syllables in having been dropped, or lost by haplology. In Ibanag,
mi is said to be prefixed to the cardinal, but no examples above 'five' ..."
6. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1916)
"... of dissimilation and haplology (182), of back-formations (193), ... 51, 59,
179), and haplology (182), when we meet with assimilation, dissimilation, ..."
7. Contributions to the Study of Elliptical Words in Modern English by Karl Sundén (1904)
"Also the phenomenon termed haplology is conditioned by the phonological nature of
... To haplology belong, according to JESPERSEN*, such pronunciations as ..."
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