weak vowel merger

短语

发音

US /ˈwik ˈvaʊ.əl ˌmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/

词形变化

the weak vowel merger weak vowel mergers 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A phenomenon found in English pronunciation where the phonemes /ə/ (schwa) and /ɪ/ (the near-close near-front unrounded vowel) are not distinguished from eachother when unstressed, with the resulting ambiguous phoneme represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɨ/ (a close central rounded vowel).

    不可数 语言学 可数
  2. 2.

    An instance of this merger in a specific usage or pronunciation of a word or phrase.

    可数 语言学 不可数

    Because many terms in various dialects of English undergo weak vowel mergers, words ending with /ə/ and /ɪ/ which usually do not rhyme could be considered to with eachother.

词源

Because the two "weak" vowels, /ə/ and /ɪ/, which are often found at the end of non-ultimately-stressed words, are not distinguished.

来源：wiktionary