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Elision in Linguistics: How Sounds Disappear in Speech and Poetry

Understanding Elision: Why We Drop Sounds in Speech Have you ever noticed how "first light" often sounds more like "firs' light"? Or how "going to" becomes "gonna"? This phenomenon is not...

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Pronunciation: The Science and Nuance of Spoken Language

Pronunciation: The Science and Nuance of Spoken Language At its most fundamental level, pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. While we often think of it as a s...

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