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Rhotic representation: problems and proposals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2016

M. Stanley Whitley
Affiliation:
Wake Forest University whitley@wfu.edu

Abstract

Starting with an r that was already ambiguous, the IPA added new symbols and diacritics without arriving at a comprehensive treatment of rhotics. The results have been ad hoc solutions and potential confusion for languages such as Spanish, in which these need to be distinguished. A few modifications of the IPA diacritic system would suffice in order to capture the different types.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2003

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