The difference between Merger and Phonemic merger
When used as nouns, merger means the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit, whereas phonemic merger means the phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
check bellow for the other definitions of Merger and Phonemic merger
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Merger as a noun:
The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
Examples:
"Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half"
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Merger as a noun (economics):
The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
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Merger as a noun (legal):
An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
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Merger as a noun (phonology):
A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
Examples:
"the [[cot-caught merger]]"
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Phonemic merger as a noun (phonology):
The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.