phonetic erosion
English
Examples
'I am
going to
' → '
I'm
gonna
' → '
I'm 'onna
' → '
Imma
'
Noun
phonetic
erosion
(
uncountable
)
(
phonetics
,
phonology
)
The
loss
of
phonemes
from a
spoken
word
(or of words in a phrase) over
time
, sometimes as a result of
grammaticalization
.
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