Rhoticism
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Rhoticism is a word occasionally encountered when one of the following is intended:
- RhotacismRhotacismRhotacism refers to several phenomena related to the usage of the consonant r :*the excessive or idiosyncratic use of the r;...
, difficulty in pronouncing the /r/ sound - Rhotacization, the articulation used to produce an r-colored vowelR-colored vowelIn phonetics, an R-colored or rhotic vowel is a vowel that is modified in a way that results in a lowering in frequency of the third formant...
- Rhoticity, the property that distinguishes rhotic and non-rhotic accentsRhotic and non-rhotic accentsEnglish pronunciation can be divided into two main accent groups: a rhotic speaker pronounces a rhotic consonant in words like hard; a non-rhotic speaker does not...