Content Word Contraction Rule
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A Content Word Contraction Rule is a Word Contraction Rule for Content Words.
- AKA: Content Word Contraction.
- Context:
- …
- Example(s):
- An Abbreviation Generation Rule.
- An Acronym Generation Rule.
- “I'll” ← “I will”.
- “let's” ← “let us”.
- “it's” ← “it is”.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- “ain't” ← “am not”.
- “wouldn't've” ← “would not have”.
- “auf’m” ← “[auf dem] Auto” (~ “on the car”)
- “weil’s” ← “weil es” (~ “because it”).
- See: Function Word Contraction Rule.