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canadian raising

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
cana-di-an rais-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is realized as [ʌɪ] and/or /aʊ/ is realized as [ʌʊ] or [ɛʊ] before underlying unvoiced consonants.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A similar but more restricted phenomenon, found in most dialects of American English, that applies only to /aɪ/, which is realized as [ʌɪ] in certain contexts, especially before underlying unvoiced consonants but with significant speaker-to-speaker variation.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Canadian raisings (plural)

Questions

What does canadian raising mean?
The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is realized as [ʌɪ] and/or /aʊ/ is realized as [ʌʊ] or [ɛʊ] before underlying unvoiced consonants.

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