縮寫

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縮寫（英語：Abbreviation（Abbrev），来自拉丁语 brevis，意为“短”[1]），在语言学裡是一種詞語或短语的簡易形式，又称省略、缩略语、缩写词。缩写大部分时候等同于简称，但它们之间有细微的差别。 广义的缩写囊括了元音缩合（英语：Crasis）(Crasis，一种通过合并两个元音把多个词复合为一个词的现象）、首字母缩略词（Acronym）、字母词（Initialisms）和中略（英语：Contraction (grammar)）等概念，但在较为严格的分析当中可能会把他们排除或分别讨论。[2]:p167

缩写类型

音素缩写

首字母缩略语

主条目：首字母缩略字

首字母缩略词，又称头字语[3]，是英語、法語里面常见的缩写类型。这种音素缩写会将缩略语以词的形式发音[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]。如：

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization → NATO（北大西洋公约组织）
  • Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord → OTAN（法语，同上）
  • Laser Interferometer Space Antenna → LISA（激光干涉空间天线）
  • Terminal High Altitude Area Defense → THAAD（末段高空区域防御系统，缩写音译为萨德）
  • Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg → Benelux（

    字母词也是一种首字母缩略词，但是一般将其按字母逐字发音[19]。如：

    拼写简化

    拼写简化（Short form）只在书写上缩减，并不会改变词的读法。一部分拼写简化属于中略。这种缩写一般会在后面加一个点“.”.[2]:p167–170 [20]。如：

    • abbreviation → abbr.或abbrev.
    • Doctor → Dr.
    • Company → Co.
    • building → bldg.
    • Street → St.
    • Road → Rd.
    • Boulevard → Blvd.

    音节缩写

    截音词

    英語：截音法，转写：en:Clipping (morphology)，直译：截音（英语：Clipping）是截取词语的一部分作为缩略语的方法，是一种音节缩写（英语：Syllabic abbreviation）。如：

    • telephone→ phone
    • examination → exam
    • mathematics → math
    • laboratory → lab
    • facsimile → fax
    • memorandum → memo
    • influenza → flu

    一些短语的音节缩写

    参见：混成词

    一些缩略语由复合词或短语中截取一部分音节構成，这些缩略语也是典型的音节缩写。这种缩略语一般用于专有名词。

    这种音节缩写容易跟混成词（英语：Portmanteau或Blend word）混淆，虽然两者的意义和读音来自两个以上的语素[21][22][23][24]，但混成词并没有一个作为原型的短语。

    例如：

    与英語、法語相比，音节缩写在德語與俄語比較常見。纳粹时期及之前的德国、蘇聯為了新的官僚機構命名時，非常盛行使用音节缩写。如：

    • Schutzpolizist → Schupo（德语，保护警察（英语：Schutzpolizei））
    • Geheime Staats-Polizei → Gestapo（德语，秘密国家警察，缩写音译为蓋世太保）
    • Всесоюзный Ленинский Коммунистический Союз Молодёжи → Комсомол（俄语，苏联共青团）
    • Коммунистический интернационал → Коминтерн（俄语，共产国际）

    后来的德國人，包括东德，仍然会使用音节缩写，如：

    • Kriminalpolizei → Kripo（德语，罪案調查警察（德语：Kriminalpolizei））。
    • Staatssicherheit（意为“国家安全”）→ Stasi（德语，东德的国家安全部，缩写音译为斯塔西）
    • Volkspolizist → Vopo（德语，

      语素是由词、短语中的詞或语素構成缩略语的缩写方法。这是汉语、日语里面最常见的缩写类型之一。由于汉语是非常典型的孤立语，其语素单位大部分时候与音节单位契合，所以往往也可以视为音节缩写。如：

      • 北京大学 → 北大
      • 掃除文盲 → 掃盲
      • 人民警察 → 民警
      • 欧洲联盟 → 欧盟
      • 东南亚国家联盟 → 东盟
      • 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟 → 苏联
      • 中國共產黨 → 中共
      • 国際連合 → 国連（日语，联合国）
      • 東京大学 → 東大（日语，东京大学）

      汉语也会由从词、短语甚至句子中抽出相同的语素，与数词（或再加量词）構成缩略语。如：

      • 世界观、人生观、价值观 → 三观
      • 農業、工業、國防和科學技術的現代化 → 四個現代化、四化
      • 始终代表中国先进社会生产力的发展要求、始终代表中国先进文化的前进方向、始终代表中国最广大人民的根本利益 →
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          "The powder metallurgy industry has officially adopted the acronym 'P/M Parts'"—Precision Metal Molding, January 1966.
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