English-language Vowel Changes Before Historic /l/
In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits and mergers. A number of these changes are specific to vowels which occur before /l/.
Read more about English-language Vowel Changes Before Historic /l/: Salary–celery Merger, Fill–feel Merger, Fell–fail Merger, Full–fool Merger, Hull–hole Merger, Doll–dole Merger, Wholly–holy Split, Vile–vial Merger, Others
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