sandhi

san·dhi

Linguis. modification of the sound of a morpheme in a given linguistic context (Ex.: the pronunciation of the [??] in “the man” as opposed to the [??] in “the old man”, or of am as ['m] in “I am glad”)

Origin of sandhi

from Sanskrit sa?dhi, a linking, literally , placing together from Indo-European an unverified form som- from base an unverified form sem-, together, same + an unverified form dhe-, to place from source do

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sandhi

noun

Modification of the sound of a word or morpheme when juxtaposed with another, especially in fluent speech, as the modification of the pronunciation of don't in don't you from its pronunciation in isolation or in a phrase like don't we.

Origin of sandhi

Sanskrit sa&mlowdot;dhih union, sandhi sam together ; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots. dadhāti dhī- he places ; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

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(linguistics) A cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

Origin

From Sanskrit à¤¸à¤‚à¤§à¤¿ (saá¹ƒdhi, “joining").

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