R-coloured vowel
English
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edit- R-colored vowel (American spelling)
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editR-coloured vowel (plural R-coloured vowels)
- (phonology) A vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered.
- [ɚ] is an R-coloured vowel; its non-rhotacised form is [ə].
- 2019 December 9, Graeme Ching, Teaching English: A Practical Guide for Language Teachers, Canadian Scholars, →ISBN, page 231:
- Words such as start, better, and turn, for example, are likely to be pronounced with a lengthened vowel instead of the r-coloured vowel. While this type of substitution may simply sound like a quaint accent, it may also cause […]
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