10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONRHOTICITY»
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nonrhoticity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nonrhoticity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Nonrhoticity is found in the South as well as New England. Some areas, however
, such as the early settlements in Tidewater Virginia, are r-ful (Wolfram and
SchillingEstes 1998:97) as are certain mountain areas. From a social point of
view, ...
Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw,
2013
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The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics
Nonrhoticity appears tobe (near)categoricalfor all speakers. Eventhe
eldestspeakeruses nonrhotic pronunciations almost90per cent of the time. These
data suggest, then, that Berwick English is now effectively established asa
nonrhotic variety ...
Carmen Llamas, Louise Mullany, Peter Stockwell,
2006
3
The Americas and the Caribbean
In terms of phonetic context, nonrhoticity is most frequent in unstressed syllables;
see above on the lettER class. Non-rhoticity may occur variably in this context in
areas such as the Pamlico Sound region and Appalachia that are otherwise ...
4
Working Papers in Linguistics
My claim is that the reason TLN did not spread into southeastern New England is
nonrhoticity, i.e., the absence of syllable-final hI. I will argue that rhoticity
produces a phonological system that is far more conducive to TLN than is
nonrhoticity.
5
Lexical Phonology and the History of English
... it is not obvious why a constraint like the NonRhoticity Condition should
suddenly appear in the grammar of a particular variety (see also Broadbent 1991
). One might argue that such an analysis is simpler than one invoking an [r]-
Insertion ...
6
New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca
As nonrhoticity is not a common feature of Norwegian, one could also have taken
the singer's rhotic accent as an instance of L1 transfer, which is in accordance
with the notion of rhoticity being a core feature facilitating intelligibility in ELF ...
Heiko Motschenbacher,
2013
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Phonetic Interpretation: Papers in Laboratory Phonology VI
Rhoticity versus nonrhoticity in the variety was an obvious candidate to use as a
variable. The second variable involves clearness and darkness of syllableinitial
laterals, since previous work on resonance qualities associated with liquids has ...
John Local, Richard Ogden, Rosalind Temple,
2004
8
A Biography of the English Language
The best—known features of ENE speech are its traditional nonrhoticity (its loss
of /r/ before a consonant). Depending on the specific place within the region, ENE
speech may or may not have a phonemic distinction between the vowels of tot ...
C.M. Millward, Mary Hayes,
2011
9
Advances in Sociophonetics
Another important aspect of Scottish derhoticisation is how it relates to
nonrhoticity in English English. For it cannot be ignored that in some phonetic
contexts, e.g. following /a/, the derhoticised reflexes in Glasgow appear strikingly
non-rhotic, ...
Chiara Celata, Silvia Calamai,
2014
10
Language in the British Isles
Other features: 1. /r/: Nonprevocalic. The SEDevidence points to a change from
rhoticityto nonrhoticity, around the end of the nineteenth century. Examples
withthe /r/ pronounced include: first, years, turn, they're not, turf; examples without
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2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONRHOTICITY»
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nonrhoticity is used in the context of the following news items.
Lexicon Valley Reveals What We've Learned From Studies of R …
Using your R's in linguistics is referred to as rhoticity. Dropping your R's is referred to as nonrhoticity. And that's R-H-O, as in the Greek letter rho ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 13»
On Language Keats Speaks
The pattern suggests that he suffered from nonrhoticity — the tendency to drop “R” sounds from the ends of syllables and words. As well he ... «New York Times, Oct 09»