domingo, 8 de septiembre de 2013

APOCOPATIONS, EPIBOLES, APHERESIS, LOGOCLONIAS,etc...

Apocopation is just  cutting off the ends of words.

See if you can find the full form of the following:

PHOTO

SYNC

AB

AD

ADMIN

BIO

BIKE

BIZ

BRA

CAL

CAM

COMBI

In Spanish we have plenty of them:  tele, boli, profe, mates,seño, cole...

EPIBOLE is just beginning several sentences with a similar word.

                  Ex: random repetition. (See alliteration) (Anaphora is       repetition of the same word)

 

APHERESIS is the omission at the beginning of a word: 

Ex: COON instead of RACCOON

TILL        "        "   UNTIL

(Like the next words, it´s also a medical term: Find out its meaning)

LOGOCLONIA is the unusual repetition of the final syllables of words, either in baby talk or in Alzheimer´s disease.

LOGORRHEA is  excessive and rapid speech ( as seen in certain mental disorders) 

BLOGORRHEA  is ..........................................................................?


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