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phonetic erosion

phonetic erosion noun: the loss of phonemes from a spoken word (or of words in a phrase) over time, sometimes as a result of grammaticalization.

Noun

phonetic erosion (uncountable)

  1. The loss of phonemes from a spoken word (or of words in a phrase) over time, sometimes as a result of grammaticalization.

Questions about phonetic erosion

What does phonetic erosion mean?
Phonetic erosion means the loss of phonemes from a spoken word (or of words in a phrase) over time, sometimes as a result of grammaticalization.
What part of speech is phonetic erosion?
Phonetic erosion is a noun.

Words near phonetic erosion in the dictionary

  1. phonetic
  2. phonetic alphabet
  3. phonetic alphabets
  4. phonetic determinative
  5. phonetic determinatives
  6. phonetic erosion
  7. phonetic name
  8. phonetic names
  9. phonetic spelling alphabet
  10. phonetic spelling alphabets
  11. phonetic symbol

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