FRONTING
fronting
Noun
- A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
- A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
- An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
Verb
fronting
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