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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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