English
aphesis
French
nS
Source(s):CRYSTAL 200328 (also "aphetic (adj.)")
WALES 198930
HARTMANN & STORK 197216 (= prosiopesis)
MATTHEWS 199721 (also "aphetic (adj.)")
- CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.
- WALES, Katie. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics. London: Longman.
- HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
- MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Domain:Phonology