Haplology

Ellison through dissimilation

Haplology is, in spoken language, the elision of an entire syllable or a part of it through dissimilation. The phenomenon was identified by American philologist Maurice Bloomfield in the 20th century. Linguists sometimes jokingly refer to the phenomenon as "haplogy", an autology. As a general rule, haplology occurs in English adverbs of adjectives ending in "le", for example gentlely → gently; ablely → ably.

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