Packet I: Tossup 20

Osvaldo Jaeggli responded to a Postal and Pullum paper on a form of this phenomenon involving the word “to.” In contrast to Grade 1, this phenomenon is highly present in Grade 2 Braille, including Unified English Braille. A type of (10[1])this phenomenon that exemplifies univerbation is represented by a coronis on a vowel and is called crasis. In French, this phenomenon (10[2])occurs when a monosyllabic word ending (10[1])with e caduc (10[2])(“uh ka-DUKE”), or a schwa, (-5[1])is followed by a vowel sound. (10[4]-5[1])This (-5[2])phenomenon (-5[3])in Italian (10[1])occurs (-5[1])when the words ci (“chee”) and è (“eh”) become c’è (10[7]-5[2])(“cheh”). In English, (10[2]-5[1])this phenomenon (10[3]-5[1])occurs when a vowel is (10[1])elided (-5[1])and replaced with an apostrophe. (10[15]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name (10[1])this (10[1])linguistic phenomenon in which a word or word group is shortened (10[1])by omitting (10[2])sounds, (10[2])such as (-5[1])“’twas” (10[1])or (10[1])“don’t.” (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[3])

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