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Haplology (from Greek ἁπλός ''haplos'' "simple" and λόγος ''logos'', "speech") is defined as the elimination of a syllable when two consecutive identical or similar syllables occur. The phenomenon was identified by American philologist Maurice Bloomfield in the 20th century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 6, 2008 )〕 Linguists sometimes jokingly refer to the phenomenon as "haplogy" (subjecting the word ''haplology'' to haplology). == Examples == * Basque: ''sagarrardo'' > ''sagardo'' ('apple cider') * Dutch: ''narcissisme'' > ''narcisme'' ('narcissism') * English: * * ''Engla land'' > ''England'' 〔 * * ''morphophonology'' > ''morphonology''〔 Translated from the German (''Grundzüge der Phonologie'', Prague, 1939).〕 * * ''coercitive'' (obsolete spelling) > ''coercive'' * * ''mono nomial'' > ''monomial'' * * Colloquial (non-standard spellings signalled by *): * * * ''library'' (RP: ) > *''libry'' * * * ''particularly'' > *''particuly'' * * * ''probably'' > *''probly'' * * * ''February'' > *''Febury'', *''Febuary'' * * * * ''preventative'' > ''preventive'' * * * ''representative'' > * ''representive'' * * * ''authoritative'' > * ''authoritive'' * Latin: ''nutritrix'' > ''nutrix'' 'nurse' * Biological Latin: * * ''Hamamelididae'' (disallowed spelling: ''Hamamelidae'') * * ''Nycterididae'' > ''Nycteridae''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Nycteridae )〕 * * Anomalocaridid > Anomalocarid * Homeric Greek: ''amphiphoreus'' > ''amphoreus'' 'two-handled pitcher' * Classical Arabic: تتقاتلون ''tataqātalūna'' > تقاتلون ''taqātalūna'' 'you are fighting each other' * Spanish: ''impudicicia'' > ''impudicia'' 'lack of honesty' (both words are widely accepted)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DRAE entry for 'impudicicia' )〕 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「haplology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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