wine-whine merger
Englisch
Bedeutung wine-whine merger Bedeutung
Was beudeutet auf Englisch wine-whine merger?
wine-whine merger
noun
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(phonology) A merger in which Voiceless labiovelar approximant (the sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes Voiced labiovelar approximant (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.
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