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Rhoticity

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Rhoticity is a phonological property of a language variety characterized by the realization of the historical rhotic consonant, typically /r/, in phonological environments where it may be absent in other varieties [1][2]. In English, rhotic varieties generally pronounce /r/ in postvocalic positions, including before consonants and at the ends of words, whereas non-rhotic varieties typically omit it in these environments while retaining it in positions before vowels [1][2]. Rhoticity is studied in phonetics and sociolinguistics as a feature of regional and social variation, with its realization varying across dialects and speech communities.

Rhoticity Non-rhoticity English dialects Sociophonetics
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  1. John C. Wells. Accents of English 3; Cambridge University Press (CUP): Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1982. [CrossRef]
  2. Jennifer Hay; Katie Drager; Stuffed toys and speech perception. Linguistics 2010, 48, 865-892. [CrossRef]
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