Rhotacism vs Iotacism - What's the difference?
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An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.
(countable, linguistics): A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos''']]'' becoming ''[[florem, flo'''r em in the accusative case.
Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.
* 1970 : Leland E. Hinsie and Robert Jean Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary ,
* 1976 : Deafness, Speech, and Hearing Publications, Inc., of Gallaudet College & the American Speech and Hearing Association, DSH Abstracts , volumes 16–17 (1976–1977),
* 2005': Bernard Fogel, PhD, CCC-SLP, ''
Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation.
Rhotacism is a related term of iotacism.
As nouns the difference between rhotacism and iotacism
is that rhotacism is an exaggerated use of the sound of the letter r while iotacism is pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in greek.rhotacism
English
(wikipedia rhotacism)Noun
page 711(Oxford University Press)
- For example: r’s may become burrs or guttural grunts or w’s or l’s (rhotacism ); […]
page 289(Deafness Speech and Hearing Publications)
- From the analysis of Kana writings, hypothesizes that the inability to establish a stable… […] The correction of rhotacism by means of an electric vibrator.
Exercising the '''Rhotacismin Absence of Pathology] ([http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/ ADVANCE)
- It is universally accepted that the rhotacism , a defective utterance of the /r/ sounds, is usually the last and most difficult American English consonant to correct functionally.
- I use two methods to help correct the rhotacism .