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内音割弃

A term used in comparative philology, and sometimes in modern phonology, to refer to the deletion of a vowel within a word; often contrasted with aphaeresis and apocope. Examples include the modern British English pronunciations of such words as secretary /'sekrɪtri/, where American English has /'sekrɪteri/. Some authors extend the notion to include internal consonant deletion.

比较语文学术语，有时也用于现代音系学，指删除词内的一个元音；通常与首音割弃和尾音割弃对立。例如现代英国英语secretary“秘书”一词发作/'sekrɪtri/，而美国英语发作/'sekrɪteri/。有的作者将这一概念扩大，还指词内辅音的删除。