Meaning Of The Word Isolative

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isolative in American English
adjective: noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part

isolative in British English
adjective: (of a sound change) occurring in all linguistic environments, as the change of Middle English /iː / to Modern English /aɪ /, as in time

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