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Definition of Canadian raising
1. Noun. (linguistics) The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially (w Canadian English), in which (IPAchar /a?/) is realized as (IPAchar [??]) and/or (IPAchar /a?/) is realized as (IPAchar [??]) or (IPAchar [??]) before unvoiced consonants. ¹
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