anaphonesis (English, noun)
expansion: anaphonesis (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
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glosses: The raising of /e/, /o/ to /i/, /u/ before certain consonantal environments, mainly [ŋ] and /ʎ/, occurring originally in some Tuscan dialects, and thus in Standard Italian.
tags: uncountable
Forms: