phonemic merger

English

Noun

phonemic merger (plural phonemic mergers)

(phonology) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
- 2012, Gerhard Augst, New Trends in Graphemics and Orthography, page 171:
  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.).

Synonyms

merger

Antonyms

phonemic split

Translations

phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge

French: convergence (fr) f

Japanese: 音素合流 (onso gōryū)

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