Abstract

The paper looks at the phenomenon of linking /r/ in RP and aims to find out what Polish phoneticians say the realization of linking /r/ in RP is on the basis of their books. During the inspection of the material it has transpired that it is not easy to find what the phonetic value of linking /r/ is. This is largely due to the inconsistencies among the scholars, some of whom say that it is the alveolar tap and some that it is the post-alveolar approximant that is the usual variant used for the linking context. The author concludes by recommending further research in this field.

Highlights

  • The paper looks at the phenomenon of linking /r/1 in RP2 and aims to systematize our knowledge concerning the realization of linking /r/ in Marcin MizakRP on the basis of Polish phonetic books

  • Some of the views expressed by different authors concerning the variety of /r/ used in linking /r/ as well as its incidence have not been found consistent with one another, with some authors saying that it is the alveolar tap that is the usual variant for linking /r/ and some that it is the post-alveolar approximant

  • One of the more modern authors, the Polish phonetician Wiktor Jassem, expresses a strong, very limiting formulation on the existence of trills in RP (1971: 83): “[t]rilled sounds do not occur in English.”15 How can these, seemingly contradictory, descriptions be reconciled? We find the answer in Sobkowiak’s (1996) description of rhotics in English

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Introduction

The paper looks at the phenomenon of linking /r/1 in RP2 and aims to systematize our knowledge concerning the realization of linking /r/ in Marcin MizakRP on the basis of Polish phonetic books. Some of the views expressed by different authors concerning the variety of /r/ used in linking /r/ as well as its incidence have not been found consistent with one another, with some authors saying that it is the alveolar tap that is the usual variant for linking /r/ and some that it is the post-alveolar approximant. These views are presented and a suggestion is made that further research in this area be undertaken to avoid contradiction. Terminological difficulties concerning trills and taps have emerged, which have made a full appreciation of the realization of linking /r/ more difficult This is why a thorough examination of this subject is performed. The conclusion is offered, which, due to the difficulties mentioned above, speaks in favour of further elaboration of the subject of the realization of linking /r/ either in the form of an analysis of phonetic books written by English authors or in the form of a usage-based account of the variants of linking /r/ in RP, or both

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