The modern situation results from regular apocope which removed a consonant from the masculine and the final schwa of the feminine.
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:Well one word for it is apocope, though I don't know if that word is used in Italian.
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This developmental phenomenon is known as Grammaticalization theory and that of general linguistic attrition, especially word-final apocope and elision.
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Metathesis and apocope, together " binding " processes, are pervasive in Leti as a feature of combinations of morphemes.
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Due to apocope and the morphology, both tones and the st�d can now be found on one-and two-syllable words.
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Furthermore, the apocope of word-final sounds is extensive and has contributed to a shift from a purely agglutinative to a fusional language.
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Likewise, the apocope of "-i " after two or more syllables could create word-final clusters, which were also simplified.
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The dialect is, among other things, perhaps mostly characterized by the use of apocope, palatalization and the use of retroflex flaps ( thick L ).
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The apocope ( the dropping of the final vowel of words ) resulting from pronunciations like'Wacky-white'for " Waikouaiti " have been identified with Southern Mori.
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A further point concerns Trager's analysis of Taos coda syllables : CC clusters occurring in codas are only possible as a result of vowel elision, which is often apocope.
