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Rhoticity: Comparison
Please note this is a comparison between Version 1 by Dean Liu and Version 2 by Dean Liu.

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

Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity • Language and Linguistics • Arts and Humanities • Social Sciences

References

  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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