Word Contraction Rule

A Word Contraction Rule is a Post-Inflectional Rule that generates a Contracted Word Mention from a Polysyballic Word Mention.

• AKA: Contraction Rule, Word Form Contraction Rule.
• Context:
  • It can be:
    • a Content Word Contraction Rule.
      • an Abbreviation Generation Rule.
      • an Acronym Generation Process.
    • a Function Word Contraction Rule.
      • a Contracted Preposition Generation Rule.
• Example(s):
  • By Acronym Generation Process combines the first letter of a long Entity Name.
    • “Common Era” ⇒ "CE”.
    • “International Business Machines” ⇒ IBM (or I.B.M.)
  • By Abbreviation Generation Process, e.g. the first few letters
    • advertisement ⇒ ad
    • brother ⇒ bro
  • By Content Word Contraction Rule.
    • “I'll” ← “I will”, example of a Content Word Contraction Rule.
    • “let's” ← “let us”, example of a Content Word Contraction Rule.
    • “it's” ← “it is”, example of a Content Word Contraction Rule.
  • By Function Word Contraction Rule.
    • “auf’m Auto” ← “auf dem Auto” (~ “on the car”)
    • “weil’s” ← “weil es” (~ “because it”).
    • “ain't” ← “am not”.
    • “wouldn't've” ← “would not have”.
• See: Function Word Contraction Process.

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