low back merger

noun

low back merger

noun

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences The cot-caught merger.

The low back merger is one possible outcome of a series of triggering events outlined in Chapter 5, but it is itself the triggering event for a variety of further consequences for the English vowel system.1994, William Labov, Principles of Linguistic Change, volume 3:

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