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father-bother merger
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英語における音韻現象の一つで、/ɑː/（fatherにおける音）と/ɒ/（botherにおける音）の母音が統合され、同一の音として発音される現象
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A phonemic merger in English of the vowels /ɑː/ (as in father) and /ɒ/ (as in bother).
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father-bother merger
Linguists debated whether the father-bother merger had become the norm among speakers in that region.
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Linguists debated whether the father-bother merger had become the norm among speakers in that region.
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