The /r/ which Dies Hard – A Diachronic Look at the Developments of the Rhotic Sound in Selected Celtic, Germanic and Romance Languages
The /r/ which Dies Hard – A Diachronic Look at the Developments of the Rhotic Sound in Selected Celtic, Germanic and Romance Languages
Author(s): Krzysztof JaskułaSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: position; structure; rhotic; theory
Summary/Abstract: Phonetically, the archetypal rhotic /r/ is a coronal speech sound that is often half-way between consonants and vowels, usually acting in words as a consonant syllable-wise. Its positional and structural functions in selected languages are described here from a diachronic perspective.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 42/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 4-17
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English