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push-chain
push-chain n.
Brit. 
/ˈpʊʃtʃeɪn/
, /ˈpʊʃtʃeɪn/U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌtʃeɪn/
Linguistics a sound shift in which one phoneme, typically a vowel, approaches a second and this in turn shifts so that their differentiation is maintained./ˈpʊʃˌtʃeɪn/ΘΚΠ
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push-chain1952
1952 A. Martinet in Word 8 11 It may often be difficult to tell whether we have to do with a B→A→ chain, or drag-chain, or an A→C→ chain, or push-chain.
1969 R. D. King Hist. Linguistics & Generative Gram. viii. 194 If one rejects the gradualness of phonological change..and the notion that language abhors merger, push chains are deprived of their major source of plausibility.
1999 R. Sampson Nasal Vowel Evol. in Romance viii. 201 The movement seen here largely replicates what appears to be happening in the system of oral vowels where a general push-chain has been detected to be at work in dialects of the Algarve.
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