Rhotic and Non Accents

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. English pronunciation can be divided into two main accent groups: A rhotic speaker pronounces the letter R in hard. A non-rhotic speaker does not pronounce it in hard. In other words, rhotic speakers pronounce /r/ in all positions, while non-rhotic speakers pronounce /r/ only if it is followed by a vowel sound in the same phrase or prosodic unit. In linguistic terms, non-rhotic accents are said to exclude the sound [r] from the syllable coda before a consonant or prosodic break. This is commonly (if misleadingly) referred to as "post-vocalic R".

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