æ-tensing

English

Noun

æ-tensing (uncountable)

(phonology) a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.

See also

bad-lad split
trap-bath split
Phonological history of English short A on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

antigenes

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