English Dictionary

Canadian raising

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(phonology, dialectology) The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is realized as [ʌɪ] and/or /aʊ/ is realized as [ʌʊ] or [ɛʊ] before underlying unvoiced consonants.

日本語の意味

（音声学、方言学）カナダ英語など特定の英語の方言において、無声音の直前では /aɪ/ の音が [ʌɪ] に、/aʊ/ の音が [ʌʊ] または [ɛʊ] に変化する現象。 / カナダなど、一部の英語方言に見られる、無声音の前において特定の二重母音がより高い位置で発音される音韻現象。

Linguistics students often study Canadian raising to explain why the diphthong in words like 'about' sounds different to speakers of other English dialects.

言語学の学生は、一部の英語方言、特にカナダ英語で見られる音韻現象を研究して、『about』のような語の二重母音が他の英語変種の話者には異なって聞こえる理由を説明しようとすることが多い。

意味（1）

(phonology, dialectology) The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is realized as [ʌɪ] and/or /aʊ/ is realized as [ʌʊ] or [ɛʊ] before underlying unvoiced consonants.

意味（2）

(phonology, dialectology) A similar but more restricted phenomenon, found in most dialects of American English, that applies only to /aɪ/, which is realized as [ʌɪ] in certain contexts, especially before underlying unvoiced consonants but with significant speaker-to-speaker variation.

Canadian raisings （ plural ）