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rhotic [ˈrəʊtɪk]

adj

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which postvocalic rs are pronounced

[from Greek rho, the letter r]

rhoticity [rəʊˈtɪsɪtɪ] n

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No references found			Looking at the elements responsible for the semantic similarity of constituents, it becomes obvious that more and -er involved, for the rhotic ME speech, repetition (21) (reiteration) of a segment, i. "More strenger and mightier": some remarks on double comparison in ... by Wlodarczyk, Matylda / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies ABSTRACT This article discusses the pronunciation of the rhotic phoneme/r/in early English. A Shibboleth upon their tongues: early English /r/ revisited by Gasiorowski, Piotr / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies However, "her may simply be the unstressed reflex ([""], [""]) of O[ld] E[nglish] heo 'she' plus the r which is often attached to final unstressed [""]" in rhotic dialect areas (Wakelin 1972: 164; on she/(h)er see Black 1999). Pronominal usage in dialectal English by Viereck, Wolfgang / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies			rhomboid muscle Rhomboid-ovate Rhomboidal Rhomboides rhomboideus rhomboideus major muscle rhombus Rhonchal Rhonchial Rhonchial fremitus Rhonchisonant rhonchus Rhondda Rhondda Cynon Taff Rhone Rhône Rhone River Rhone wine Rhone-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhopalic rhopalism Rhopalium Rhopalocera rhotacism rhotic rhp RHS rhubarb rhubarb pie rhubarb plant Rhubarby rhumb rhumb line rhumba rhumbatron rhus Rhus aromatica Rhus copallina Rhus dermatitis Rhus diversiloba Rhus glabra Rhus laurina Rhus ovata Rhus quercifolia Rhus radicans Rhus rhodanthema Rhus toxicodenedron Rhus trilobata Rhus typhina Rhus verniciflua			Rhos Haminiog Rhos Lligwy Rhos Lligwy Rhos Male Voice Choir Rhos y-brithdir Rhos y-brithdir Rhos-fawr Rhos-fawr Rhos-y-llan Rhos-y-llan Rhos-y-meirch Rhos-y-meirch Rhosbeirio Rhosbeirio Rhoscefnhir Rhoscefnhir Rhoscolyn Rhoscolyn Rhosgoch Rhosgoch Rhosnesni Rhosnesni RHOSP RHOST Rhosygadfa Rhosygadfa Rhosygadfa Rhotacism Rhotacism Rhotard rhotic Rhotic and non-rhotic accents Rhoticity Rhotral Rhotrimine rhourd RHOV Rhoxolani rhp rhp rhP2 RHPA RHPB RHPC RHPCC RHPD rhPDI RHPF rhPF4 RHPG RHPI RHPL RHPM RHPO RHPP RHPPC

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