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单词 rhotacism
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rhotacism


rho·ta·cism

R5244830 (rō′tə-sĭz′əm)n.1. The change of a sound such as (s) or (z) to (r) in the history of a language, such as the change of Proto-Indo-European intervocalic s to r in Latin, resulting in alternations such as that seen between the singular noun genus, "kind, sort" and its plural, genera. Also called rhoticism.2. a. The inability to articulate the (r) sound as a rhotic consonant.b. The substitution of the (r) sound with another sound, such as (w), because of this inability.3. The articulation of a sound other than (r) as (r), especially the articulation of (z) as (r).
[German Rhotacismus, from Byzantine Greek rhōtakismos, excessive or erroneous use of the letter rho : Greek rhō, the letter rho; see rho + Greek -takizein in iōtakizein, to pronounce the letters eta and upsilon with the sound of iota (iōta, iota + -izein, verb suff., with inserted -k- from attikizein, to speak Attic Greek, and soloikizein, to speak substandard Greek, make a solecism).]

rhotacism

(ˈrəʊtəˌsɪzəm) n (Phonetics & Phonology) excessive use or idiosyncratic pronunciation of r[C19: from New Latin rhōtacismus, from Greek rhōtakizein (verb) from the letter rho] ˈrhotacist n ˌrhotaˈcistic adj

rhotacism

Phonetics.
1. a misarticulation of the sound r or the substitution of another sound for it.
2. Cf. lambdacism. substitution of the sound sound r for another sound, as that of l.
2. the excessive use of the sound r.
3. Phonology. replacement of the sound z or s by r in Indo-European languages, as German wesen, English were. — rhotacize, v. — rhotacistic, adj.
See also: Linguistics
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rhotacisme

rhotacism


rho·ta·cism

(rō'tă-sizm), Mispronunciation of the "r" sound. [G. rhō, the letter r]

rho·ta·cism

(rō'tă-sizm) Mispronunciation of the "r" sound. [G. rhō, the letter r]

rhotacism

(ro'ta-sizm) [Gr. rhotakizein, to overuse letter “r”] Overuse or improper utterance of “r” sounds. Synonym: pararhotacism
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