Aphesis 1651148 223842219 2008-07-06T02:44:24Z Goregore 7269008 /* See also */ iw +[[ja:語頭音消失]] {{unreferenced|date=April 2008}} In [[phonetics]], '''aphaeresis''' ({{pron-en|əˈfɪərɨsɪs}}, from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''apo'' away, ''hairein'' to take) is the loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel. ==Aphaeresis or aphesis as a historical sound change== In historical phonetics, the term "aphaeresis" is often but not always limited to the loss of an unstressed vowel. (The OED gives this particular kind of aphaeresis the name '''aphesis''' {{IPA|/ˈæfɨsɪs/}}.) ===The loss of any sound=== *English ''[k]nife'' pronounced {{IPA|/ˈnaɪf/}} *German ''[St]rand'' > Finnish ''ranta'' "beach" ===The loss of an unstressed vowel=== *Greek ''episkopos'' > Vulgar [[Latin]] ''[e]biscopu'' > English ''bishop'' *English ''[a]cute'' > ''cute'' *English ''[E]gyptian'' > ''Gyptian'' > ''Gypsy'' *English ''[a]mend'' > ''mend'' *English ''[e]scape'' + ''goat'' > ''scapegoat'' *Old French ''evaniss-'' > English ''vanish'' *English ''esquire'' > ''squire'' ==Aphaeresis as a poetic device== *English ''it is'' > poetic '''tis'' ==Aphaeresis in informal speech== *Spanish ''está'' > Rioplatense Spanish ''[e]tá'' > ''ta'' ("is") ==See also== {{Wiktionary}} * [[Syncope]] * [[Apocope]] * [[Elision]] * [[List of phonetics topics]] [[Category:Figures of speech]] [[Category:Phonetics]] [[br:apoherezenn]] [[de:Aphärese]] [[eo:Aferezo]] [[fr:Aphérèse]] [[ia:Apherese (linguistics)]] [[it:Aferesi]] [[ja:語頭音消失]] [[pl:Afereza (językoznawstwo)]] [[sh:Afereza]]