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near-merger: a standalone construct

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Sociolinguistics

state in which speakers consistently produce a small phonetic difference between two sound classes yet cannot perceive or report that difference.

In sociolinguistics, near-merger refers to state in which speakers consistently produce a small phonetic difference between two sound classes yet cannot perceive or report that difference. This meaning comes from Labov (1991) in Language Variation and Change.[1]

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References

Labov, W., Karen, M., & Miller, C. (1991). Near-mergers and the suspension of phonemic contrast. Language Variation and Change, 3(1), 33-74. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954394500000442

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