English Explanatory Dictionary

chain shift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phonological modification of a vowel system or sometimes consonant system in which a change in a particular vowel or consonant causes other adjacent vowels or consonants to also change in order to avoid phonemic mergers.

Word forms

chain shift chain shifts
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