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lot-cloth split
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Japanese Meaning
（音韻学）一部の英語方言で見られる現象で、「cloth」や「off」といった単語の母音が「thought」と同じ発音になる一方で、「lot」の母音とは異なる発音となる音韻論的な分割現象を指す
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(phonology) A phonemic split, in some varieties of English without the cot-caught merger, in which the vowel in words like cloth
and off
is pronounced with the same vowel as in thought
, as opposed to the vowel used in lot
.
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lot-cloth split
Linguists often discuss the lot-cloth split when describing accents where words like 'cloth' and 'off' are pronounced with the same vowel as 'thought' rather than with the vowel in 'lot'.
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Linguists often discuss the lot-cloth split when describing accents where words like 'cloth' and 'off' are pronounced with the same vowel as 'thought' rather than with the vowel in 'lot'.
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