Canadian raising

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title: Canadian raising
text: Canadian raising is an allophonic rule of phonology in many varieties of North American English that changes the pronunciation of diphthongs with open-vowel starting points. Most commonly, the shift affects or, or both, when they are pronounced before voiceless consonants. In North American English, and usually begin in an open vowel [~], but through raising they shift to, or. Canadian English often has raising in words with both and, while a number of American English varieties have this featur
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description: Allophonic rule of vowels prominent in Canada, also found throughout N. American English dialects
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_raising
date created: 2002-04-19T12:27:57Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T21:06:52Z
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