rhotacism
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹoʊtəsɪzəm/
rhotacism
- An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.
- (countable, phonology) A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos becoming florem in the accusative case; rhotacization.
- Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.
- 1970: Leland E. Hinsie and Robert Jean Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, page 711 ↗ (Oxford University Press)
- For example: r’s may become burrs or guttural grunts or w’s or l’s (rhotacism); […]
- 1976: Deafness, Speech, and Hearing Publications, Inc., of Gallaudet College & the American Speech and Hearing Association, DSH Abstracts, volumes 16–17 (1976–1977), page 289 ↗ (Deafness Speech and Hearing Publications)
- From the analysis of Kana writings, hypothesizes that the inability to establish a stable… […] The correction of rhotacism by means of an electric vibrator.
- 2005: Bernard Fogel, PhD, CCC-SLP, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081101064653/http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/Article/010305-Exercising-the-Rhotacism-in-Absence-of-Pathology.aspx Exercising the Rhotacism in Absence of Pathology] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080924223439/http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/ ADVANCE])
- It is universally accepted that the rhotacism, a defective utterance of the /r/ sounds, is usually the last and most difficult American English consonant to correct functionally.
- I use two methods to help correct the rhotacism.
- 1970: Leland E. Hinsie and Robert Jean Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, page 711 ↗ (Oxford University Press)
- French: rhotacisme
- Russian: ротаци́зм
- Spanish: rotacismo
- Russian: грасси́рование
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