Canadian raising

noun

Definitions

  1. The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is…

    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.

  2. A similar but more restricted phenomenon, found in most dialects of American English,…

    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.

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