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In phonology, fronting is a sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes fronted, advanced or pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point. Fronting may be triggered by a nearby sound, in which case it is a form of assimilation, or may occur on its own. In general, a front vowel is pronouned in the front of the vocal tract. In i-mutation and Germanic umlaut, a back vowel is fronted because of a following or . This is assimilation. In many dialects of English, the vowel is fronted to or . This sound change also occurred in many dialects of Norwegian and Standard Swedish, but not in Danish. In the Attic and Ionic dialects of Ancient Greek, Proto-Greek close back were fronted to . This change occurred in all cases and was not triggered by a nearby front consonant or vowel. In Old English and Old Frisian, the back vowels were fronted to in certain cases. For more information, see . Palatalization frequently involves fronting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fronting (phonetics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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