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==Fill–feel merger==
[[File:Il-iyl.svg|thumb|The areas marked in red are where the fill–feel merger is most consistently present in the local accent. Map based on Labov, Ash, and Boberg (2006: 71).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/maps/Map4.html |title=Map 4 |publisher=Ling.upenn.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-03-02}}</ref>]]
The '''fill–feel merger''' is a conditioned merger of the vowels {{IPA|/ɪ/}} and {{IPA|/iː/}} before /l/ that occurs in some dialects of [[American English]]. The merged vowel is usually closer to {{IPA|[ɪ]}} than {{IPA|[iː]}}. The heaviest concentration of the merger is found in, but not necessarily confined to [[Southern American English]]: in [[North Carolina]], eastern [[Tennessee]], northern [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Louisiana]] (but not [[New Orleans]]), and west-central [[Texas]] (Labov, Ash, and Boberg 2006: 69-73). This merger, like a lot of other features of Southern American English, can also be found in [[AAVE]].
==Fell–fail merger==
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