apologetic apostrophe

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词形变化

apologetic apostrophes 复数 apologetic apostrophes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.

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  2. 2.

    A similar apostrophe added to a present participle of the -in form in English or in Scots, producing -in', according to the emic notion that the /ŋ/ is always contracted (as opposed to the forms coexisting allophonically).