Bilabial-stop and labiodental-fricative mergers Ban–van merger The ban–van merger is a phenomenon occurring for some speakers of Caribbean English and Chicano English where the phoneme /v/ becomes /b/. As a result, "ban" and "van" are homophones as /ban/. Pit–fit merger The pit–fit merger is phenomenon occurring in Philippine English where the phonemes /f/ and /p/ are both pronounced /p/ making "pit" and "fit" homophones.[6] The lack of contrast between /f/ and /p/ explains why there are so many spellings used for "Filopino" and "Filopina" used on the internet, ranging from "filipina", "philipina", "philippina", and "pilipina".
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 07:38:30 +0000
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