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Linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of the omission of sounds and syllables in isiXhosa speech: an explanatory guide for 2nd language learners of the language
The shortening of words, sometimes even to just one syllable, variously referred to as clipping, reduction and truncation, is a recognized phenomenon in slang but also in authentic speech. Most of us know that the English farewell “Goodbye!” often reduced to just “Bye!” is a clipped form of “God be...
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School of Languages and Literatures
2025
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