sandhi
/ˈsændi/
noun
- A change in the sound of a word or morpheme that occurs when it is combined with another word or morpheme, common in languages like Sanskrit and English.
- Linguistics students study sandhi to understand how sounds blend in connected speech.
- In English, the word 'impossible' shows sandhi: the prefix 'in-' changes to 'im-' before a 'p'.
- The rule of sandhi explains why 'a apple' becomes 'an apple' in English.
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