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