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?

    <p>Sound changes at word boundaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of external sandhi?

    <p>&quot;tem books&quot; for &quot;ten books&quot; in some dialects of English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which languages commonly exhibit sandhi?

    <p>Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is sandhi?

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

    What is tone sandhi?

    <p>Specifically refers to tone changes between words and syllables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is external sandhi?

    <p>Occurs at word boundaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of external sandhi in English dialects?

    <p>&quot;I saw-r-a film&quot; in British English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    सैंधी किसके बीच हो सकती है?

    <p>शब्दों के भीतर शब्दों के बीच</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>I saw-r-a film</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>External sandhi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'raddoppiamento fonosintattico' क्या है?

    <p>Italian pronunciation phenomenon</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>'Internal sandhi'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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