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non-rhoticity

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English rhotacismbf. English rhotic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English rhoticity English non-rhoticity From non- + rhoticity.

  1. derived from -ite English -ity English rhoticity English non-rhoticity From non- + rhoticity
  2. derived from -itebor
  3. derived from rhotic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder
  4. derived from *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English rhotacismbf✻

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being non-rhotic.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for non-rhoticity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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