English Dictionary

lot-cloth split

名詞

(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".

日本語の意味

（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

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'.

言語学者は、往々にして、'cloth'や'off'のような語の母音が'lot'の母音ではなく'thought'の母音と同じになるという、lotとclothの音素的分裂について論じる。

意味（1）

(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".