PT Journal AU Fridrichova, R SO Romanica Olomucensia PY 2011 BP 101 EP 112 VL 23 IS 2 DI 10.5507/ro.2011.015 DE abbreviations; abbreviativ; acronym; initial letter; truncation. AB A wide variety of abbreviations are now present in our reading material and everyday speech. The trend has been incorporated into contemporary French. Time and space is vital. This process takes several different forms which can result in different meanings. The paper covers four different types of abbreviations in this article: initials, acronym, general abbreviations, and truncation. ER