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'''Rhotacism''' is the name for a [[sound change]] that creates a [[rhotic consonant]]. Examples include: | '''Rhotacism''' is the name for a [[sound change]] that creates a [[rhotic consonant]]. Examples include: | ||
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A change to a [[flap]] such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually ''not'' called rhotacism, but '''flapping'''. It is also commonly restricted to [[Syllable structure|intervocalic or medial]] positions. Flapping usually affects [[stop]]s such as /d/ (for example [[American English]]), or [[lateral]]s such as /l/ (for example [[Norwegian]]). | A change to a [[flap]] such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually ''not'' called rhotacism, but '''flapping'''. It is also commonly restricted to [[Syllable structure|intervocalic or medial]] positions. Flapping usually affects [[stop]]s such as /d/ (for example [[American English]]), or [[lateral]]s such as /l/ (for example [[Norwegian]]). | ||
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Revision as of 11:46, 3 November 2012
Rhotacism is the name for a sound change that creates a rhotic consonant. Examples include:
- *l → /r/ (found in Indo-Iranian languages)
- *n → /r/ (found in Albanian)
- *ð → /r/ (found in Ostrobothnian Finnish)
- *z → /r/ (in the history of the Italic languages, Germanic languages and several others)
- *ɣ → /r/ (found in Western Daju languages)
Rhotacism is commonly an unconditional sound change.
A change to a flap such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually not called rhotacism, but flapping. It is also commonly restricted to intervocalic or medial positions. Flapping usually affects stops such as /d/ (for example American English), or laterals such as /l/ (for example Norwegian).
| This article is part of a series on Phonetics and Phonology. Affricate * Allophone * Aspiration * Bilabial consonant * Buccal * Coronal consonant * Dental consonant * Fricative * Heng * Manner of articulation * Obligatory Contour Principle * Palatalization-split * Phoneme * Phoneme hole * Phonological feature * Rhotacism * Spirant * Stop * Syllable structure * Velar consonant * * |
