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Definition of æ-tensing
1. Noun. (linguistics) a process that occurs in some accents of North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in various environments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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1. Noun. (linguistics) a process that occurs in some accents of North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in various environments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com