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(phonology) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.

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phonemic merger

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(phonology) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.

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異なる音素が統合され、一つの音素として置き換えられる現象 / 音韻論において、異なる音素が融合して一つの音として発現する現象

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Linguists documented a phonemic merger in the dialect, where two previously distinct vowels merged into a single sound.

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言語学者たちはその方言で、二つの異なる音素が一つに合併する現象を記録した。

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(phonology) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.

The first sign of a phonemic merger is that two signs, which hitherto have been kept carefully apart, become used wrongly, e.g. das is written for MHG dar, and aller for MHG alles (Schulze 1967: 38f.).

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phonemic mergers

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