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Definition of non-rhotic in English: non-rhoticadjective Phonetics Relating to or denoting a dialect of English (such as Standard British English) in which r is pronounced in prevocalic position only. Example sentencesExamples - Both in fact were non-rhotic, while the majority of Americans speak with rhotic accents.
- You see, there are two great families of dialects in modern English: the rhotic ones and the non-rhotic ones.
- In the seventeenth century, most of England was rhotic, but non-rhotic speech was common in the southeast, near London.
- The following discussion presupposes a non-rhotic dialect of English, that is, a dialect in which r can only occur in syllable-onset position.
- Linking r, common in many non-rhotic dialects of English, occurs in New England.
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