English Dictionary

line-loin merger

名詞

(phonology) The phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that occurs for speakers of Southern English English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English making "line" and "loin" homophones.

日本語の意味

（音韻論）/aɪ/ と /ɔɪ/ の二重母音が融合し、南部イングランド、アイリッシュ、ニューファンドランド、カリブ英語話者において「line」と「loin」が同音異義語となる現象

The line-loin merger describes the phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that causes certain words to sound identical in some dialects.

二重母音 /aɪ/（例：my）と /ɔɪ/（例：boy）の音価の合流は、いくつかの方言で特定の語が同じように聞こえる原因となる音韻変化を指します。

意味（1）

(phonology) The phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that occurs for speakers of Southern English English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English making "line" and "loin" homophones.

The most frequently paraded example of apparent merger in English in the Labovian literature is the line—loin merger in Essex, England (see Labov, Yaeger, and Steiner 1972; Nunberg and Labov 1972; Nunberg 1980); the label stands for the coalescence of /oy/ and /ay/.