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Rhotic and non-rhotic accents: R-dropping, Linking-R, Intrusive-R

R. Rhotic and non-rhotic accents: R-dropping, Linking-R, Intrusive-R. Can you define the following terms?. Accent Letter ↔ Sound (change /tʃeɪndʒ/) Vowel ↔ Consonant Syllable Pre-vocalic ↔ Pre-consonantal. R-pronunciation.

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Rhotic and non-rhotic accents: R-dropping, Linking-R, Intrusive-R

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  1. R Rhotic and non-rhotic accents:R-dropping, Linking-R, Intrusive-R

  2. Can you define the following terms? Accent Letter ↔ Sound (change /tʃeɪndʒ/) Vowel ↔ Consonant Syllable Pre-vocalic ↔ Pre-consonantal

  3. R-pronunciation Accents of English which pronounce the /r/ in all positions, e. g. General American (GA), are called rhotic accents. Accents which regularly drop the /r/ in certain positions, e. g. RP, are non-rhotic accents.

  4. Rhotic and non-rhotic accents of English - non-rhotic accents (such as RP) only pronounce the sound [r] in pre-vocalic position => car park: [r] sounds are not pronounced => fairy: [r] is pronounced because of the word final [i] sound - rhotic accents (such as GA) pronounce the [r] sound everywhere => parking lot

  5. A pronunciation difference more RP /mɔː/ vs. GA /mɔːr/

  6. More and more... Observe the italicised part of the following sentence: This lesson is getting more and more funny. Is there a pronunciation difference between more(1) and more(2)? What could be the reason?

  7. Linking-R This lesson is getting more and more funny.more(1): mɔːr more(2): mɔː => in RP the sound [r] is only pronounced when a word beginning with a vowel closely follows

  8. Linking-R Which [r] sounds are pronounced from the following sentence? Why? President Carter delivered a tiring lecture.

  9. Linking-R Which [r] sounds are pronounced from the following sentence? Why? President Carter delivered a tiring lecture.

  10. They saw us running... Read out the following sentence and observe the pronunciation of the bold words: They saw us running with the stolen goods in our hands.

  11. They saw us running... Read out the following sentence and observe the pronunciation of the bold words: They saw us running with the stolen goods in our hands. Can you sense an intruder?

  12. Intrusive-R In RP, words ending in a schwa /-ə/; /ɑː/or /ɔː/, when followed by a word beginning with a vowel, may get a linking /r/ even if there is none in the spelling. This phenomena is optional and must be indicated in transcription by an r in round brackets. saw us /sɔː(r) əs/ law and order /lɔː(r)/ a spa in France /spɑː(r)/

  13. Intrusive-R Where can an Intrusive-R appear? Why? vanilla ice – stay indoors

  14. Intrusive-R Where can an Intrusive-R appear? Why? vanilla(r) ice – stay indoors

  15. ...and DO the homework

  16. Sources SLIDES - Balogné Bérces Katalin: Beginner`s English Dialectology: An Introduction to the Accents and Dialects of English. Ad Librum, Budapest, 2008. - Nádasdy Ádám: Practice Book in English Phonetics and Phonology. Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 2003. HOMEWORK HANDOUT - Nádasdy (2003: pp. 32-33)

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