Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Table of Contents - 01 July 1989 - Volume 15, Issue 02  

Articles

Word-final /r/ in a Northern English accent

An Interactional Account of Variable Production

J. P. Frencha1

a1 (College of Ripon & York St. John)

It is widely recognized that during the eighteenth century a sound change began in English concerning the consonant /r/. This change, referred to as “R dropping’ (Wells, 1982a: 218), involved the elision of /r/ in non-prevocalic positions.