elision
- noun
- /ɪˈlɪʒən/
- Specialized
:
elisión
- In informal speech, the elision of the 't' in "don't" can make it sound like "don'."
Examples
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Future research is needed that examines the effects of coaching on educators' ability to promote higher-level phonemic awareness (e.g., elision) during a craft/writing activity.
Academic text (2015) -
Native speakers often use elision when they pronounce phrases like "Wanna" for "want to."
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The Elision measure requires students to say words after deleting a specific sound.
Academic text (2014) -
The Elision subtest of the CTOPP requires a student to listen to the word and then pronounce the word without a segment.
Academic text (2014) -
For the standardized tests, Rashan scored at the 37th percentile on the CTOPP Elision.
Academic text (2014) -
Our findings are also consistent with the work of Lombardino et al. (1997), who found that scores on the CTOPP Elision subtest were most strongly related to performance on nonword reading in students with reading disabilities.
Academic text (2013) -
Easier skills such as producing letter names and sounds are early predictors, whereas more difficult phonemic processing skills (e.g., phoneme segmentation, blending, or elision) become more predictive over time.
Academic text (2015) -
When saying "I'd," many speakers use elision to drop the final 'd' sound from "I."
Synonyms
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5.7
People leave out sounds or syllables when they speak quickly
A change that leaves off the last sound of a word
The leaving out of an expected sound or ending when speaking
To leave out parts of words and sentences in speech or writing
Leaving out sounds or letters in the middle of a word, for example 'fam' for 'family'
How Omitted
51
5.4
- UK
- Specialized
2
5.8
- Specialized
13
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word elision comes from the Latin verb elidere, 'to strike out', and gives the image of 'striking out' a sound. So in speech an elision means dropping a sound or vowel, as in 'I'm' where the 'a' in 'am' is left out.