flapping: betekenis en definities

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What is flapping?

What is flapping?

  • That flaps or flap.
  • An instance where one flaps.
  • A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
  • Present participle of flap.

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