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cot-caught

cot-caught merger

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

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(phonology) A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American and Canadian English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught homophones.

Japanese Meaning

（音韻論）アメリカやカナダなどの一部の英語の変種において、cot と caught の母音が統合され、両語が同じ発音になる現象。

What is this buttons?

Linguists often study the cot-caught merger to understand how vowel distinctions can be lost over time.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

言語学者はしばしば、cot と caught のような単語の母音が合併する現象を研究して、母音の区別がどのように時間とともに失われるかを理解しようとします。

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