Definition of postvocalic in English:
postvocalic
adjectiveˌpəʊstvə(ʊ)ˈkalɪkˌpoʊs(t)voʊˈkælɪk
(of a speech sound) occurring immediately after a vowel.
Example sentencesExamples
- The traditional account was that loss of postvocalic /r/ in England was a 17th and 18th century phenomenon.
- It seemed to be entirely devoid of postvocalic /r/, but he didn't have any other features of r-less dialects.
- With the exception of the Southern states, eastern New England, and New York City, pronunciation is rhotic, postvocalic /r/ being pronounced in such words as part, four, motor.
- Like many features investigated by sociolinguists, the pronunciation of postvocalic /r/ shows a geographically as well as socially significant distribution.
Definition of postvocalic in US English:
postvocalic
adjectiveˌpoʊs(t)voʊˈkælɪkˌpōs(t)vōˈkalik
(of a speech sound) occurring immediately after a vowel.
Example sentencesExamples
- With the exception of the Southern states, eastern New England, and New York City, pronunciation is rhotic, postvocalic /r/ being pronounced in such words as part, four, motor.
- It seemed to be entirely devoid of postvocalic /r/, but he didn't have any other features of r-less dialects.
- Like many features investigated by sociolinguists, the pronunciation of postvocalic /r/ shows a geographically as well as socially significant distribution.
- The traditional account was that loss of postvocalic /r/ in England was a 17th and 18th century phenomenon.