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(phonology) The cot-caught merger.

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low back merger

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low back merger

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(phonology) The cot-caught merger.

Japanese Meaning

（音韻論）「cot」と「caught」の低い後舌母音が統合される現象、すなわち両単語の発音が同一になる現象

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Many linguists argue that the low back merger is an important sound change in North American English.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの言語学者は、cot–caught合併が北米英語における重要な音声変化だと主張しています。

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(phonology) The cot-caught merger.

The low back merger is one possible outcome of a series of triggering events outlined in Chapter 5, but it is itself the triggering event for a variety of further consequences for the English vowel system.

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