English Dictionary

wine-whine merger

IPA（発音記号）

/wɑenˈwɑen ˌmɜːdʒə(ɹ)/

名詞

(phonology) A merger in which [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.

日本語の意味

音韻論における現象で、[ʍ]（例: 一部のスコットランドやアメリカのアクセントで'whine'の先頭に聞かれる無声音）が[w]（例: 'wine'の先頭に聞かれる有声音）に統合されることにより、'whine'と'wine'が同音になる現象を指す。

Linguists studying dialect contact were surprised to find evidence that the wine-whine merger was spreading among younger speakers in the region.

方言接触を研究している言語学者たちは、無声唇軟口蓋摩擦音 /ʍ/（一部のアクセントで 'whine' の語頭に聞かれる音）が /w/（'wine' の語頭に聞かれる音）に統合される現象がその地域の若年話者の間で広がっている証拠を見つけて驚きました。

意味（1）

(phonology) A merger in which [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.

As was the case with the wine–whine merger, date from the early twentieth century show that southeastern Pennsylvania was subject to patterns of variation in pronunciation.

wine-whine mergers （ plural ）