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farmer
bird
read
carry
very
• Round and round the rugged rocks the
ragged rascal ran
• The larger part of the order
• Father arrived after the other old men
rhotic
non-rhotic
• There's also the question of the West
Indies, with Barbados (rhotic)
standing out so dramatically from its
neighbours (non-rhotic). But they're
so small on your map that it is perhaps
reasonable to ignore them.
John Wells
Carter signed the bill
Carter almost refused
The Czar signed the bill
The Czar often refuses
Put the hammer in the box
Put the comma in the sentence
Put the hammer in the box
Linking R
Put the comma r in the sentence
(Intrusive
R)
Intrusive R
= Linking R
Carter always signs
Cuba always signs
The Czar often refuses
The Shah often refuses
fear - fear of it
idea - idea of it
star - starring
cha-cha - cha-cha-ing
pour - pouring
drawer - drawing
So – does this always
happen between vowels?
Ø  r / V ___ V
?
Carter agreed to sign
The refugee agreed to sign
China opened the discussion
The cow opened the gate
Ø  r / V ___ V
Rhotic v. non-rhotic –
How can we describe these two
types of English withut referring to
spelling?
“In rhotic accents the r is always
pronounced, but in non-rhotic
accents it is only pronounced in
front of a vowel”
“The r is pronounced / not
pronounced in part”
What “r” are we talking about?
The g is not pronounced in "fish".
The r is not pronounced in "part“.
There is no g in "fish".
There is no r in "part"
There is no r in "palm"
(and no l either)
There is no r in "part"
There is no r in "dear"
dear old friend
Does it follow p or k
in a stressed syllable?
Is it followed
by a vowel?
Does it follow p,t,k in
a stressed syllable?
Is it followed
by a vowel?