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letter holonymy

 

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Term: Letter Holonymy

Description:

Letter holonymy refers to the linguistic relationship where a letter or group of letters contains smaller constituent parts. It is a concept often used in morphology and phonetics to analyze the internal structure of words and sounds.

Sample Sentences:

  • In the word "dog," the letter 'd' is a letter holonym of the complete word.
  • The word "elephant" has five letter holonymies: 'e,' 'l,' 'e,' 'p,' and 'h'.
  • Letter holonymy can be observed in words of any length, like 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.'

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