Multiple choice

Which of the following refers to the phonological process of sound change in which two adjacent vowels within a word are combined into a single syllable?

  1. Cheshirisation

  2. Elision

  3. Synaeresis

  4. Diaíresis

  5. Diacritic

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Explanation

Synaeresis (also spelled syneresis) is a phonological process of sound change.