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- distinction between rhoticity and non-rhoticity is one of the most prominent ways in which varieties of the English language are classified. In rhotic accents, the...
- languages, adds R-coloring to the final of a syllable Rhoticism (disambiguation) Rhotacism Rhoticity in English, English accents that keep /r/ or lose it...
- and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, rhotic consonants, or "R-like" sounds, are liquid consonants that are traditionally...
- Look up rhoticism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rhoticism can refer to: Rhotacism (speech impediment), difficulty in pronouncing the /r/ sound Rhotacism...
- or derhotacization. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ Rhoticity in English Wells, John C. (1982). Accents of English. Volume 1: An Introduction...
- sudden mid-20th-century adoption of rhoticity among White Southerners of all classes, despite continuing non-rhoticity among Black Americans. Today, this...
- promoting a rhotic variety of English. Thus, the overall degree of rhoticity in educated Jamaican English remains very low, with rhoticity occurring 21...
- all dialects of English were rhotic, and most North American English simply remained that way. The preservation of rhoticity in North America was also supported...
- lower class of New York City tends to use rhoticity less than the middle and upper classes. Also, rhoticity is noticeably based on age since younger generations...
- rhoticity among all five of its vowels, but few speakers maintain the distinction today, and then only in one or two vowels. An example is non-rhotic...