Abbreviations and Their Expansions

Phenomena relating to words or formulas abbreviated by the inscriber, including abbreviation marks, omitted letters, and the critical expansion (or resolution) provided by the editor.

Symbolic signs (logograms, heterograms, sigla) that in earlier editorial traditions were sometimes treated as abbreviations are discussed separately in @logograms-and-heterograms, as they represent a semiotic phenomenon categorically distinct from phonographic abbreviation.