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<p>In linguistics, an <b>elision</b> or <b>deletion</b> is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a <a href="page.php?w=vowel">vowel</a>, a <a href="page.php?w=consonant">consonant</a>, or a whole <a href="page.php?w=syllable">syllable</a>) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run together by the omission of a final sound. An example is the elision of word-final /t/ in English if it is preceded and followed by a consonant: "first light" is often pronounced "firs' light"</p><p>
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