The pin–pen merger is a conditional merger of /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ before the nasal consonants [m], [n], and [ŋ]. The merged vowel is usually closer to [ɪ] than to [ɛ]. Examples of homophones resulting from the merger include pin–pen, kin–ken and him–hem .
24 янв. 2020 г. · The PIN-PEN merger, where words like "pen", "Lenin", and "hem" sound like "pin," "linen," and "him," is one of the most ubiquitous mergers in American English. |
Some examples of words pairs where these short vowels are found to be merged are pen-pin, gem-gym, him-hem, etc. The short vowels found in these words have ... |
1. lit and let · 2. pick and peck · 3. pig and peg · 4. rip and rep · 5. litter and letter |
Videolar 15 мар. 2018 г. · For example, speakers who have the “pin/pen” merger will also have identical pronunciations for “bin,” as in the container, and “Ben,” the ... |
15 окт. 2008 г. · One of the most recognizable traits of American speech in the South and Southwest is the so-called “pin/pen merger,” a shorthand phrase ... |
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