• 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...
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  • sudden mid-20th-century adoption of rhoticity among White Southerners of all classes, despite continuing non-rhoticity among Black Americans. Today, this...
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    English. In most American and Canadian English dialects, rhoticity (or r-fullness) is dominant, with non-rhoticity (or r-dropping) being associated with...
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  • derhotacization. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ Rhoticity in English Wells, John C. (1982). Accents of English. Volume 1: An Introduction...
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  • in Standard Chinese and other Sinitic languages, adds R-coloring to the final of a syllable Rhoticism (disambiguation) Rhotacism Rhoticity in English...
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  • Phonological history of English consonants Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩ Received Pronunciation Regional accents of English Rhoticity in English T-glottalization...
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    feature of yod-dropping was common in Essex. In addition, Mersea Island (though not the rest of Essex) showed some rhoticity in speakers born as late as the...
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  • ˈboʊt/, rather than the Standard Canadian English /əˌbaʊt ə ˈboʊt/, with distinct stressed vowels. The non-rhoticity derives from the New England settlers...
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  • Non-rhoticity is also found elsewhere in the English-speaking world, including in Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, New...
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  • dichotomies, simply defined as follows: Northeastern New England English shows non-rhoticity, the cot–caught merger, and strong /ɑr/ fronting. It centers...
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  • promoting a rhotic variety of English. Thus, the overall degree of rhoticity in educated Jamaican English remains very low, with rhoticity occurring 21...
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  • most New Zealanders speak non-rhotic English, rhoticity is increasing quickly, especially among Pasifika and Māori in Auckland and the upper North Island...
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  • conservative in a few other ways, preserving certain features 20th- and 21st-century British English has since lost: namely, rhoticity. Unlike American...
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  • dialects of English were rhotic, and most English in North America simply remained that way. The North American preservation of rhoticity was also supported...
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  • especially in words like throw, throat, and through. The level of AAVE rhoticity is likely somewhat correlated with the rhoticity of White speakers in a given...
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  • occur in different dialects. Generally, these correlate to accents with rhotic vowels, as opposed to non-rhoticity (as in most of British English) or fully...
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  • other non-rhotic varieties of English. A table containing the consonant phonemes is given below. Non-rhoticity Australian English is non-rhotic; in other...
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  • preceding vowel. In many accents of English, including RP, /r/ is lost altogether when not followed by a vowel – for this, see rhoticity in English (and for related...
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  • that this tendency is more common in content words than in function words, and in reading than in conversation. Rhoticity is nevertheless generally uncommon...
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  • This phenomenon is known as non-rhoticity. In these same areas, a tendency exists to insert an R between a word ending in a vowel and a next word beginning...
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  • the development of rhotic and non-rhotic accents (i.e. "r-dropping") and the trap-bath split in many dialects of British English. The following table...
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  • and British English accents. The following lists a few common ones. Most American accents are rhotic, preserving the historical /r/ phoneme in all contexts...
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  • English) includes phonological features that concern consonants, such as rhoticity (full pronunciation of all /r/ sounds), conditioned T-glottalization (with...
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  • RP, or generally rhotic due to the underlying phonotactics of the native Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages. In recent years, rhoticity has been increasing...
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  • a minimal pair. In Ulster they are [ð] and [θ]. Rhoticity: The pronunciation of historical /r/ is universal in Irish English, as in General American...
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  • not include the varieties of Caribbean English spoken in the West Indies. Rhoticity: Most North American English accents differ from Received Pronunciation...
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  • competency in standard English; sporadic rhoticity). Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 'Wey dah boy deh deh?' [weɪ dɑ bɔɪ deɪ deɪ] (non-rhotic). Belize...
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  • Malaysia. There are also some variations in its vocabulary. Malaysian English is generally non-rhotic. Malaysian English has a broad s[further explanation needed]...
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  • were still pronounced differently, unlike in most varieties of English today. Early Modern English was rhotic. In other words, the r was always pronounced...
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  • City English, African-American Vernacular English, and Caribbean Spanish (wherein word-final /r/ is silent). Cultivated forms may be fully rhotic, particularly...
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