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rhotacism [ˈrəʊtəˌsɪzəm]
n (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) excessive use or idiosyncratic pronunciation of r [from New Latin rhōtacismus, from Greek rhōtakizein (verb) from the letter rho] rhotacist n rhotacistic adj rhotacism Phonetics. See also: Linguistics1. a misarticulation of the sound r or the substitution of another sound for it. 2. Cf. lambdacism. substitution of the sound sound r for another sound, as that of l. 2. the excessive use of the sound r. 3. Phonology. replacement of the sound z or s by r in Indo-European languages, as German wesen, English were. — rhotacize, v. — rhotacistic, adj. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2001 "On Rs, rhotacism and paleophony", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 31/2: 171-185. subject to rhotacism whereby *z became r medially (but was dropped in word-final position) and was preserved in Old English as the alternation of s ~ r. The following chapter is in turn an attempt to train the reader to unearth the fossilized allomorphy in that it introduces the further, less transparent allomorphic phenomena such as ablaut, rhotacism and metathesis as well as two types of cognates, i. |
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