Rotacism vs Rhotacism - What's the difference?
rotacism | rhotacism |
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, ''
As nouns the difference between rotacism and rhotacism
is that rotacism is while rhotacism is an exaggerated use of the sound of the letter r.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 .