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Rhotic | Rhotics | Rhoticity

Rhotic meaning

  1. That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent.
  2. Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/.

Using Rhotic

  • The main meaning on this page is: That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent. | Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/.
  • In the example corpus, rhotic often appears in combinations such as: the rhotic, rhotic vowels, both rhotic.

Context around Rhotic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

non 4× main 1×

Often after:

vowels 2× approximant 1× vowel 1× dialects 1× accents 1× phoneme 1× speech 1× consonant 1× accent 1× pronunciations 1×

Sentence patterns with Rhotic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and one rhotic phoneme 1× both a rhotic and a 1× employs a rhotic accent that 1× english the rhotic approximant corresponds 1× has both rhotic and lateral 1× in non rhotic accents air 1× in non rhotic dialects of 1× in non rhotic pronunciations of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for example in 1× in american english 1× lexical words are 1× many other european 1× non rhotic speech 1× other languages r 1×

Common sentence endings:

a true retroflex 1× air ore err 1× few other languages 1× is not understood 1× one rhotic phoneme 1× pronunciations of english 1×

Words around Rhotic

Just before it in the word index:

rhoten 3 rhosymedre 2 rhostyllen 5 rhostmush 2 rhossili 4 rhoslc 4

Just after it in the word index:

rhoticity 2 rhotics 6 rhoton 3 rhoynar 2 rhoynish 2 rhp 167

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Rhotic

  • In this selection, "rhotic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, non, main, vowels, approximant and vowel stand out and add context to how "rhotic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and one rhotic phoneme and both a rhotic and a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rhotic" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rhotic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In American English, the rhotic approximant corresponds to the rhotic vowel. (11 words)

Many other European languages have one lateral and one rhotic phoneme. (11 words)

Non-rhotic speech may be heard from black speakers throughout the whole country. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

For example, in non-rhotic dialects of English the "r" in words like "clear" /ˈklɪə/ is usually only pronounced when the following word has a vowel as its first letter (e.g. "clear out" is realized as /ˌklɪəɾˈʌʊt/ ). (38 words)

Philippines main Philippine English employs a rhotic accent that originated from the time when it was first introduced by the Americans during the colonization period to replace Spanish as the dominant language used in politics. (35 words)

The articulation changes part-way through, perhaps explaining why it behaves as both a rhotic and a lateral, both an approximant and a fricative, but the nature of the change is not understood. (33 words)

Example sentences (11)

In American English, the rhotic approximant corresponds to the rhotic vowel.

Rhotic vowels main Rhotic vowels are the "R-colored vowels" of American English and a few other languages.

For example, in non-rhotic dialects of English the "r" in words like "clear" /ˈklɪə/ is usually only pronounced when the following word has a vowel as its first letter (e.g. "clear out" is realized as /ˌklɪəɾˈʌʊt/ ).

Lexical words are somewhat rarer in English and are generally restricted to a single syllable: eye, awe, owe, and in non-rhotic accents air, ore, err.

Many other European languages have one lateral and one rhotic phoneme.

Non-rhotic speech may be heard from black speakers throughout the whole country.

Other languages r represents a rhotic consonant in many languages, as shown in the table below.

Philippines main Philippine English employs a rhotic accent that originated from the time when it was first introduced by the Americans during the colonization period to replace Spanish as the dominant language used in politics.

The approximant /ɻ/ has both rhotic and lateral qualities, and is indeterminate between an approximant and a fricative, but is laminal post-alveolar rather than a true retroflex.

The articulation changes part-way through, perhaps explaining why it behaves as both a rhotic and a lateral, both an approximant and a fricative, but the nature of the change is not understood.

The phenomenon is comparable to the r in German or in non-rhotic pronunciations of English.

Common combinations with rhotic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rhotic" in a sentence?
An example: "In American English, the rhotic approximant corresponds to the rhotic vowel." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "rhotic" from authentic English texts.
What does "rhotic" mean?
Rhotic means: That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent.
How many example sentences with "rhotic" are there?
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