delimiters. In English, many vowel shifts affect only vowels followed by /r/ in rhotic dialects, or vowels that were historically followed by /r/ that has...

transcription delimiters. In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits...

American English dialects) have significant vocalic neutralization before intervocalic /r/, as well. See English-language vowel changes before historic /r/....

back vowels Phonological history of English high front vowels English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ English-language vowel changes before historic...

transcription delimiters. The Great Vowel Shift was a series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place primarily between 1400...

consonant in Korean. The English spelling dumsor for the Akan term dumsɔ. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ Other terms synonymous with...

derhotacization. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ Rhoticity in English Wells, John C. (1982). Accents of English. Volume 1: An Introduction...

of breaking before /r/ and the loss of /r/ when it is not followed by another vowel (see English-language vowel changes before historic /r/). They occur...

linking and intrusive R). For vowel changes before /r/, see English-language vowel changes before historic /r/. A uvular realization of /r/, the "Northumbrian...

linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration. In some languages vowel length is...