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...

Non-rhoticity is also found elsewhere in the English-speaking world, including in Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, New...

derhotacization. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ Rhoticity in English Wells, John C. (1982). Accents of English. Volume 1: An Introduction...

promoting a rhotic variety of English. Thus, the overall degree of rhoticity in educated Jamaican English remains very low, with rhoticity occurring 21...

in Standard Chinese and other Sinitic languages, adds R-coloring to the final of a syllable Rhoticism (disambiguation) Rhotacism Rhoticity in English...

English. In most American and Canadian English dialects, rhoticity (or r-fulness) is dominant, with non-rhoticity (or r-dropping) being associated with...

languages have rhotic and non-rhotic varieties, which differ in the incidence of rhotic consonants. In non-rhotic accents of English, /ɹ/ is not pronounced...

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...

sudden mid-20th-century adoption of rhoticity among White Southerners of all classes, despite continuing non-rhoticity among Black Americans. Today, this...

most New Zealanders speak non-rhotic English, rhoticity is increasing quickly, especially among Pasifika and Māori in Auckland and the upper North Island...

Phonological history of English consonants Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩ Received Pronunciation Regional accents of English Rhoticity in English T-glottalization...

dichotomies, simply defined as follows: Northeastern New England English shows non-rhoticity, the cot–caught merger, and strong /ɑr/ fronting. It centers...

modern-day AAVE accent is mostly non-rhotic (or "r-dropping"). The presence of non-rhoticity in both AAVE and old Southern English is not merely coincidence, though...

dialects in New England, characterized by different combinations of the cot-caught merger and non-rhoticity New York City, characterized by non-rhoticity and...

English) includes phonological features that concern consonants, such as rhoticity (full pronunciation of all /r/ sounds), conditioned T-glottalization (with...

as New Englishes (McArthur, p. 36); most of them inherited non-rhoticity from Southern British English. Several dialects of West African English exist...

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...

non-rhoticity. For example, even though the word tuner is spelled with an ⟨r⟩ (which reflects that an /r/ was pronounced in the past), non-rhotic accents...

and mid vowels + /r/ in rhotic AmE. The phonemicity of the centering diphthongs /ɪə, ʊə, ɛə, oə/ depends on a speaker's rhoticity. Also, the stressed sequence...

nearly all dialects of English were rhotic, and most North American English simply remained that way. The preservation of rhoticity in North America was also...

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...

ˈboʊt/, rather than the Standard Canadian English /əˌbaʊt ə ˈboʊt/, with distinct stressed vowels. The non-rhoticity derives from the New England settlers...

in present-day English: those found in the words trap, face, father and square (with the phonetic output depending on whether the dialect is rhotic or...

the rhotic characteristic of American English, which became the longstanding standard in the archipelago since Americans introduced the language in public...

of words. Rhoticity appears to be declining in both real and apparent time in some areas of the West Country, for example Dorset. /aɪ/, as in guide or...

the Back Vowel Shift before /r/ (/ʊə/ ← /ɔ(r)/ ← /ɑr/) Non-rhoticity or variable rhoticity Unique New York City /æ/ split system: the bad vowel is [eə]...

In terms of social stratification, the lower class of New York City tends to use rhoticity less than the middle and upper classes. Also, rhoticity is...

phonology being generally rhotic, and others being non-rhotic. In recent years, rhoticity has been increasing. Generally, American English is seen as having a...

competency in standard English; sporadic rhoticity) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 'Wey dah boy deh deh?' ([weɪ dɑ bɔɪ deɪ deɪ]) (non-rhotic) Belize,...

English is becoming more rhotic, partly influenced by American English and also by the rhoticity of the Malay spoken in Brunei, although English in neighbouring...