Assertion: vowel | /r/CapableOf | merge with near vowel
Facets:
value: in new zealand
type: LOCATION
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: However, in New Zealand, the vowel in Mary often merges with the NEAR vowel /iə/ instead (see near–square merger), which before intervocalic /r/ may in turn merge with /iː/