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The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
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Phonemic differentiation — is the phenomenon of a language maximizing the acoustic distance between its phonemes, presumably to minimize the possibility of misunderstanding. Examples For example, in many languages, including English, most front vowels are unrounded, while… … 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
pin-pen merger — noun A phonemic merger where the vowels in pet and pit are pronounced the same before /n/ and /m/, making pin and pen homonyms … Wiktionary
father-bother merger — noun A phonemic merger in English of the vowels (as in ) and (as in ) … Wiktionary
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Phonological history of English vowels — In the history of English phonology, there were many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits and mergers. Contents 1 Great Vowel Shift and Trisyllabic laxing 2 Tense–lax neutralization 3 Monophthon … Wikipedia
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
English-language vowel changes before historic r — In the phonological history of the English language, vowels followed (or formerly followed) by the phoneme /r/ have undergone a number of phonological changes. In recent centuries, most or all of these changes have involved merging of vowel… … Wikipedia
Rhotic and non-rhotic accents — English pronunciation can be divided into two main accent groups: a rhotic (pronounced /ˈroʊtɨk/, sometimes /ˈrɒtɨk/) speaker pronounces a rhotic consonant in words like hard; a non rhotic speaker does not. That is, rhotic speakers pronounce /r/… … Wikipedia
Phonological history of English high front vowels — The high front vowels of English have undergone a variety of changes over time, which may vary from dialect to dialect. Contents 1 Weak vowel merger 2 Kit–bit split 3 Pin–pen merger … Wikipedia
