fronting
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
fronting (uncountable)
- (phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
- (linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
Verb [edit]
fronting
- Present participle of front.
