What does haplologize mean?
Haplologize means (intransitive) To undergo haplology..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(intransitive) To undergo haplology..
In neither instance is more than one possessive s manifested (*McMug's's); the predicted two suffixes ''haplologize to a single instance of s.
De Lacy admits that "[coalescence] does not make any prediction about the preservation of features when two affixes haplologize."
A number of IE languages show a tendency to haplologize sequences of the type *-sVs- to *-s-,
For example, if the word haplology were to undergo haplology (were to be haplologized), it would reduce the sequence lolo to lo, haplology > haplogy.
Use haplologize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Haplologize means (intransitive) To undergo haplology..
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In neither instance is more than one possessive s manifested (*McMug's's); the predicted two suffixes ''haplologize to a single instance of s.
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