[ʌ]→[∅]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 3/5

Elision Syncope Vowel Reduction Germanic

Open-mid back unrounded vowel to Empty sound / Zero

The elision or deletion of the back unrounded vowel [ʌ] typically occurs through reduction processes in unstressed positions. This can happen through centralization to schwa [ə] followed by syncope (deletion), especially in rapid speech contexts or weakly stressed syllables.

Phonetic Effects

Elision, Syncope, Vowel Reduction

Language Examples

English (Connected Speech) Germanic

blood and guts [blʌd ənd ɡʌts]→[blə(n) ɡəts]— In rapid or casual speech, the STRUT vowel may reduce toward schwa and delete entirely in weakly stressed contexts.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

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