[suhn-dee] 
| morphophonemic alternation, esp. as determined by phonetic environment, as in dontcha for don't you. |
| san·dhi (sān'dē, sän'-) n. Modification of the sound of a word or morpheme when juxtaposed with another, especially in fluent speech, as the modification of the pronunciation of don't in don't you from its pronunciation in isolation or in a phrase like don't we. [Sanskrit saṃdhiḥ, union, sandhi : sam, together; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots + dadhāti, dhī-, he places; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] |