weak vowel merger

名词 n.
美 /ˈwik ˈvaʊ.əl ˌmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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). uncountable
  2. An instance of this merger in a specific usage or pronunciation of a word or phrase. countable
    — 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.

词形变化

weak vowel merger canonical the weak vowel merger canonical weak vowel mergers plural

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.
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