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Trisyllabic Laxing : Phonetics and Phonology Terms
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n. (also Trisyllabic Shortening) 1. The historical process in English by which tense (long) vowels underwent laxing (shortening) whenever followed by two or more further syllables in the word. This process is responsible for such modern alternations as...
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