R post-vocalique et histoire de l’anglais

In this paper, I explore the way in which a different norm emerged in England and in the United States concerning the pronunciation of post-vocalic r’s: the R. P. norm (or ‘BBC English’ in the terms of Roach and Hartman’s 1997 edition of Daniel Jones’ English Pronouncing Dictionary) is non-rhotic, w...

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Main Author: Jacques Durand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2000-01-01
Series:Anglophonia
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/685