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non-rhoticity

non-rhoticity noun: the state or condition of being non-rhotic.

Noun

non-rhoticity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or condition of being non-rhotic.
    • Non-rhoticity is associated with two quite distinct social groups in the south[.] ‘[…] The fact […] has been either over-looked or deliberately ignored’, complains McDavid (1948), in an article reporting his investigations into rhoticity and non-rhoticity in South Carolina.1982, John Christopher Wells, Accents of English: Beyond the British Isles, volume 3, Cambridge University Press, page 542
    • In the present analysis, we coded for the variants [ɹ], [ʁ], [ɾ], [ʋ], and [ɹ̝], and the zero variant [∅] to indicate non-rhoticity in postvocalic positions[.] […] Non-rhoticity appears to be (near-)categorical for all speakers.2007, Dominic Watt, “Part 1: METHODS OF OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS”, in Carmen Llamas, Louise Mullany, Peter Stockwell, editors, The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics, Routledge, →ISBN...

Forms of non-rhoticity

alternative formnonrhoticity

Origin of non-rhoticity

From non- + rhoticity.

Questions about non-rhoticity

What does non-rhoticity mean?
Non-rhoticity means the state or condition of being non-rhotic.
What part of speech is non-rhoticity?
Non-rhoticity is a noun.

Words near non-rhoticity in the dictionary

  1. non-rev
  2. non-revenue
  3. non-revs
  4. non-rhabdomyosarcomatous
  5. non-rhotic
  6. non-rhoticity
  7. non-rigid
  8. non-rivalries
  9. non-rivalry
  10. non-Roman
  11. non-romance

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