Sandhi in Linguistics

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What is sandhi?

A type of tonal language in South Asia

The fusion of sounds within a single word

A specific phonological feature in Mandarin Chinese

A term for sound changes at morpheme or word boundaries (correct)

What is tone sandhi?

The fusion of tones within a single word

Tone changes between words and syllables (correct)

The alteration of tone depending on grammatical function

A specific feature of Italian phonology

Which languages are particularly known for sandhi in their phonology?

Sanskrit, Tamil, Sinhala (correct)

English, French, Italian

German, Russian, Japanese

Mandarin Chinese, Malayalam, Pali

What is external sandhi?

Sound changes at word boundaries Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of external sandhi?

"tem books" for "ten books" in some dialects of English Signup and view all the answers

Which languages commonly exhibit sandhi?

Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi Signup and view all the answers

What is sandhi?

A term for a variety of sound changes at morpheme or word boundaries Signup and view all the answers

What is tone sandhi?

Specifically refers to tone changes between words and syllables Signup and view all the answers

What is external sandhi?

Occurs at word boundaries Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of external sandhi in English dialects?

"I saw-r-a film" in British English Signup and view all the answers

सैंधी किसके बीच हो सकती है?

शब्दों के भीतर शब्दों के बीच Signup and view all the answers

किसका प्रक्रिया ब्रिटिश अंग्रेजी में 'external sandhi' का उदाहरण है?

I saw-r-a film Signup and view all the answers

'tem books' का 'ten books' में प्रोननसिएशन किस प्रकार की सैंधी है?

External sandhi Signup and view all the answers

'raddoppiamento fonosintattico' क्या है?

Italian pronunciation phenomenon Signup and view all the answers

'sympathy' में 'syn-' + 'pathy' किस प्रकार की सैंधी है?

'Internal sandhi' Signup and view all the answers

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Questions and Answers

What is sandhi?

What is tone sandhi?

Which languages are particularly known for sandhi in their phonology?

What is external sandhi?

What is an example of external sandhi?

Which languages commonly exhibit sandhi?

What is sandhi?

What is tone sandhi?

What is external sandhi?

What is an example of external sandhi in English dialects?

सैंधी किसके बीच हो सकती है?

किसका प्रक्रिया ब्रिटिश अंग्रेजी में 'external sandhi' का उदाहरण है?

'tem books' का 'ten books' में प्रोननसिएशन किस प्रकार की सैंधी है?

'raddoppiamento fonosintattico' क्या है?

'sympathy' में 'syn-' + 'pathy' किस प्रकार की सैंधी है?

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