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phonemic merger

phonemic merger noun: the phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.

Noun

phonemic merger (plural phonemic mergers)

  1. The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
    • The first sign of a phonemic merger is that two signs, which hitherto have been kept carefully apart, become used wrongly, e.g. das is written for MHG dar, and aller for MHG alles (Schulze 1967: 38f.).2012, Gerhard Augst, New Trends in Graphemics and Orthography, page 171
    Synonyms:
    merger

Synonyms of phonemic merger

Antonyms

Forms of phonemic merger

pluralphonemic mergers

Questions about phonemic merger

What does phonemic merger mean?
Phonemic merger means the phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
What part of speech is phonemic merger?
Phonemic merger is a noun.
What is the plural of phonemic merger?
The plural of phonemic merger is phonemic mergers.

Words near phonemic merger in the dictionary

  1. phonematics
  2. phoneme
  3. phonemehood
  4. phonemes
  5. phonemic
  6. phonemic merger
  7. phonemic mergers
  8. phonemic split
  9. phonemic splits
  10. phonemical
  11. phonemically

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