What are the following linguistic terms please?

Question

What are the folowing when related to the English language:

Assimilation
Contraction
Elision
Intrusion
Linking
Reduced forms

Could you give an example of each please?

Many thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Ok, time for the real linguist to answer:

Assimilation
When two neighboring sounds become more alike. For example, the prefix un- means 'not'. The 'n' changes to match the place of articulation of the following sound (although the spelling does not always change, the SOUND changes, especially when you say it at normal speed):
unbearable (labial)
unforgivable (labiodental)
unthinkable (dental)
undeniable (alveolar)
uncharitable (alveopalatal)
unyielding (palatal)
unkind (velar)
In fact, the only places that the n is an actual, phonetic [n] is in front of a vowel, h, or another alveolar.
Another example with in-, where the spelling changes:
impossible (labial), inviolate (labiodental), intolerant (alveolar), etc. in- also changes spelling in these forms: irregular, illegal

Contraction
Where one word is regularly collapsed onto the end (most common) of a preceding word, especially where the following word is unstressed. For example, in English:
do not > don't, he is > he's, they are > they're

Elision
Where a vowel is deleted from the middle of a word, lessening the length of the word by one syllable. Note that this has NOTHING to do with poetry, it happens all the time in normal speech. For example, in English:
comfortable [four syllables] is pronounced comf-ter-ble [three syllables] (the a has been elided and the ort has been metathesized to ter)

Intrusion
This is where a sound has been added into the word. If a vowel is added, then an extra syllable is formed. But more commonly, consonants are added. For example, in English, warmth is pronounced warmpth with an intrusive p to ease the transition from the labial m to the dental th.

Linking
Linking is not a commonly used linguistic term, but it is used where a consonant at the end or beginning of a word has been moved onto a nearby word. For example, in Middle English, a nadder meant "a snake", but the initial n has been linked to the indefinite article and we now have an adder. The same thing happened to a numpire (umpire).

Reduced forms
Reduced forms come in several varieties. Blends are where two words are shortened and hooked together into a single word. For example, motor hotel becomes motel, breakfast lunch becomes brunch. Clips are where a new word is formed by cutting off part of a longer word. For example, sub from submarine, burger from hamburger, etc. There are also grammatically reduced forms where the grammar of the language requires a shortened form of a word. For example, in English, a is a reduced form of an found before consonants.

These definitions are purely linguistic definitions

Answer 2

YOur instance isn't the excellent. There is actually no time period for the rationale you've given. Your rationalization is both non-existent or includes an mistakes in information. When there's a linking within the English language its by and large known as : ELISION Elision is the omission of a number of sounds (corresponding to a vowel, a consonant, or a complete syllable) in a phrase or word, generating a outcome that's less difficult for the speaker to pronounce. Sometimes, sounds is also elided for euphonic outcome. Elision is most commonly unintended, however it can be planned. The outcome is also impressionistically defined as "slurred" or "muted." The elided sort of a phrase or word would possibly end up a ordinary choice for the entire sort, if used most of the time ample. In English, that is known as a contraction, corresponding to cannot from can not. Contraction differs from elision in that contractions are set types that experience morphologized, however elisions don't seem to be. A synonym for elision is syncope. This time period is so much most of the time related to the elision of vowels among consonants (e.g., Latin tabula ? Spanish tabla). Another sort of elision is aphesis, this means that elision on the opening of a phrase (by and large of an unstressed vowel). The reverse of elision is epenthesis, wherein sounds are inserted right into a phrase to ease pronunciation. English Examples of elision in English (in IPA): relaxed: the second "o" isn't suggested 5th, (the wnd "f" is silent) laboratory,(the final 2syllableS are suggested as ONE = tory is suggested tree different examples are = temperature,vegetable...all of those have "silent" sounds.

Answer 3

Elision is the omission of sounds, syllables, or words in spoken or written discourse.
# cuppa tea 'cup of tea'
# cats 'n dogs 'cats and dogs'

A link schema is an image schema that consists of two or more entities, connected physically or metaphorically, and the bond between them.
Examples (English)
* A child holding her mother’s hand
* Someone plugging a lamp into the wall
* A causal “connection”
* Kinship “ties”

Assimilation is the process of conforming one sound to another to aid in pronunciation. For example, in the phrase "in Colorado", the "n" in "in" becomes palatalized because of the following "C". It may take you a while to assimilate this concept.

I checked 4 web sites for the definitions of LINKING, REDUCED FORM ,and INTRUSION, but couldn't find anything. Are you sure that this is the correct terminology?
Check the sites below to confirm the answers I have given. The last site is for grammatical terms and is where I found the definition for assimilation.

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Answer 4

Assimilation - the changing of a sound by the influence of an adjacent one. The [p] in cupboard takes on the sound of the adjacent [b]. Usually the spelling changes as well, e.g. in+mortal becomes immortal.

Contraction - I can't explain . . . can not -> cannot -> can't.

Elision - the suppression of a vowel or syllable in pronouncing a word, for the sake of metre or euphony, e.g.
Star that bringest home the bee,
And sett'st the weary labourer free!

Reduced forms - because -> cos, ought to ->oughta, etc.

Someone else can explain the others.

Answer 5

Contration is forming a new word from two or more individual words - "I'd've" (I would have)
Elision is like contration, but it's missing sounds from a word to make them easier to say, such as "can't" (cannot) and "won't" (will not).

Those are the only ones I know, sorry.

Answer 6

1. assimilation--
a.in phonetics-- the act or process by which a sound becomes identical with or similar to a neighbouring sound in one or more defining characteristics, as place of articulation, voice or voicelessness, or manner of articulation
b. in linguistics-- The process by which a sound is modified so that it becomes similar or identical to an adjacent or nearby sound. For example, the prefix in- becomes im- in impossible by assimilation to the labial p of possible.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assimilation
2.contraction=a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters often replaced in written English by an apostrophe, as e'er for ever, isn't for is not, dep't for department.
--Usage note Contractions such as isn't, couldn't, can't, weren't, he'll, they're occur chiefly, although not exclusively, in informal speech and writing.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/contraction
3a. elision=the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
3b. (in verse) the omission of a vowel at the end of one word when the next word begins with a vowel, as th'orient.
3c. an act or instance of eliding or omitting anything.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Elision%20
4.intrusion=An inappropriate or unwelcome addition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Intrusion

5.linking=combination, connotation, correlation, impression, linkage, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, recollection, relation, remembrance, tie, union.--http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=Linking
6.reduced form --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_form
I hope it helps.

Answer 7

We are Borg , two of nine lol