compensatory lengthening

English

Noun

compensatory lengthening (countable and uncountable, plural compensatory lengthenings)

(phonology) The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, an extreme form of fusion exhibited for example by many non-rhotic British dialects of English, which drop the /ɹ/ from /ɑɹt/ but compensatorily lengthen the /ɑ/, resulting in /ɑːt/ ("art").

Derived terms

compensatorily lengthen

Translations

lengthening of a vowel which occurs when a following consonant is lost

Dutch: compensatierekking f
French: allongement compensatoire m
German: Ersatzdehnung f

Greek: αναπληρωματική έκταση (el) f (anapliromatikí éktasi), αντέκταση (el) f (antéktasi)
Romanian: prelungire compensatoare f
Spanish: alargamiento compensatorio m

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