Contraction (linguistics)
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69.181.110.116 07:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)In linguistics, contraction can mean:
- Contraction (grammar), the formation of a new word from two or more individual words
- Synaeresis, the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
Example: didn't(did not), I'm(I am)