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Cot–caught merger

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The cot–caught merger, also known as the LOT–THOUGHT merger or low back merger, is a sound change present in some dialects of English where speakers do not distinguish the vowel phonemes in words like cot versus caught. Cot and caught (along with bot and bought, pond and pawned, etc.) is an example of a minimal pair that is lost as a result of this sound change. The phonemes involved in the cot–caught merger, the low back vowels, are typically represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɒ/ and /ɔ/, respectively (or, in North America, co-occurring with the father–bother merger, as /ɑ/ and /ɔ/). The merger is typical of most Canadian and Scottish English dialects as well as some Irish and U.S. English dialects.

Cot–caught merger - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sound change in some English dialects Examples of a merged and an unmerged speaker of American English Non-merged speaker [kʰäʔ] for cot and [kʰɔʔ] for caught Merged speaker [kʰɑt] for cot and caught alike Problems playing these files? See media help . This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) . For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA . For the distinction between [ ] , / / and ⟨   ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and

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