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Phonological history of English low back vowels — The phonology of the low back vowels of the English language has undergone changes both overall and with regional variations, dating from Late Middle English (c. 1400) to the present. The sound changes heard in modern English mostly begin with… … Wikipedia
cot-caught merger — noun A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American and Canadian English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll and in words such as law and talk are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught… … Wiktionary
Phonological history of English high back vowels — Most dialects of modern English have two high back vowels: the close back rounded vowel /u/ found in words like goose, and the near close near back rounded vowel /ʊ/ found in words like foot. This article discusses the history of these vowels in… … Wikipedia
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Digital camera back — Kodak DCS420 digital camera, consisting of a modified Nikon N90s body (left) and a digital back (right) shown here separated … Wikipedia
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Checked and free vowels — In phonetics and phonology, checked vowels are those that usually must be followed by a consonant in a stressed syllable, while free vowels are those that may stand in a stressed open syllable with no following consonant. Usage The terms checked… … Wikipedia
