Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

line-loin merger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: line-loin merg-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that occurs for speakers of Southern English English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English making "line" and "loin" homophones.

Example Sentences

"The most frequently paraded example of apparent merger in English in the Labovian literature is the line—loin merger in Essex, England (see Labov, Yaeger, and Steiner 1972; Nunberg and Labov 1972; Nunberg 1980); the label stands for the coalescence of /oy/ and /ay/."

Questions

What does line-loin merger mean?: The phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that occurs for speakers of Southern English English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English making "line" and "loin" homophones.

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