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In linguistics, ''synaeresis'' (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. ==Etymology== ''Synaeresis'' comes from Greek (''synaíresis''), a "contraction", a "taking ''or'' drawing together",〔.〕 from (''synairéō''), "(I) contract", "(I) grasp ''or'' seize together"〔.〕 — derived from , "with",〔.〕 and , "(I) grasp, seize".〔.〕 Semantically, it is easy to infer how this term evolved historically and eventually came to be applied to a process in which vowels are taken or drawn together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Synaeresis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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