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Definition of Unpacking
1. Noun. (linguistics) The separation of the features of a segment (such as a nasal vowel or palatal consonant) into distinct segments; for example, the separation of a nasal vowel such as /??/ into a vowel /?/ and a nasal consonant /n/ (i.e., into /?n/) which often occurs when a language which does not use nasal vowels borrows from a language which does use them. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of unpack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Unpacking
1. unpack [v] - See also: unpack
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