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2. Pronunciation of English /r/ - Wikipedia

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   R-labialization, which should not be confused with the rounding of initial /r/ described above, is a process occurring in certain dialects of English, particularly some varieties of Cockney, in which the /r/ phoneme is realized as a labiodental approximant [ʋ], in contrast to an alveolar approximant [ɹ].

3. Rhotacism - Wikipedia

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   Rhotacism (/ ˈ r oʊ t ə s ɪ z əm / ROH-tə-siz-əm) [1] or rhotacization is a sound change that converts one consonant (usually a voiced alveolar consonant: /z/, /d/, /l/, or /n/) to a rhotic consonant in a certain environment.

4. Obsolete and nonstandard symbols in the International ...

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   intended for w before front vowels in Twi; [2] may also be used for the lightly rounded English /ʒ/, withdrawn 1976. ƪ: reversed esh with top loop labialized voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative: ɕʷ, ʃᶣ intended for hw before front vowels in Twi; [2] may also be used for the lightly rounded English /ʃ/, withdrawn 1976. ƻ: barred digit two

5. Rhoticity in English - Wikipedia

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   The loss of postvocalic /r/ in the British prestige standard in the late 18th and the early 19th centuries influenced the American port cities with close connections to Britain, which caused upper-class pronunciation to become non-rhotic in many Eastern and Southern port cities such as New York City, Boston, Alexandria, Charleston, and Savannah. [9]

6. Voiced alveolar and postalveolar approximants - Wikipedia

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   For further ease of typesetting, English phonemic transcriptions might use the symbol r even though this symbol represents the alveolar trill in phonetic transcription. The bunched or molar r sounds remarkably similar to the postalveolar approximant and can be described as a voiced labial pre-velar approximant with tongue-tip retraction .

7. Speech sound disorder - Wikipedia

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   Rhotacism is a difficulty producing rhotic consonants sounds in the respective language's standard pronunciation. [2] [5] In Czech there is a specific type of rhotacism called rotacismus bohemicus which is an inability to pronounce the specific sound ř /r̝/. [6] Sigmatism is a difficulty of producing /s/, /z/ and similar sounds. [2]