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On Rs, rhotacism and paleophony

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2002

J. C. Catford
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigancatford@umich.edu

Abstract

In his R-tickle, William Barry (Barry 1997: 35) invites others who may have pondered along similar lines ‘to offer additional complementary or alternative views’. In somewhat belatedly accepting his invitation, I would like to make some remarks on trills, on ‘molar r’, and on rhotacism, followed by some thoughts on the question of the historical primacy of trill, at least within Indo-European.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 International Phonetic Association

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