/r/-liaison in English: An empirical study

Jose Mompeán-Gonzalez; Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón

doi:10.1515/COGL.2009.031

Published by De Gruyter Mouton September 30, 2009

/r/-liaison in English: An empirical study

Jose Mompeán-Gonzalez and Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón

From the journal Cognitive Linguistics

https://doi.org/10.1515/COGL.2009.031

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Abstract

This article presents the results of an empirical study on the phenomenon of /r/-liaison (i.e., linking /r/ and intrusive /r/) in non-rhotic English from the perspective of usage-based Cognitive Linguistics. The study looks into sociolinguistic, phonetic and usage-based factors that condition variability in /r/-liaison through the analysis of news archives from the BBC World Service website (years 2004 and 2005). The paper argues that a thorough understanding of the phenomenon of /r/-liaison requires an analysis of the different aspects that condition its use and the use of empirical methods to study it.

Keywords:: /r/-liaison; intrusive /r/; linking /r/; usage-based phonology

Correspondence address: Dept. of English Philology, University of Murcia, Santo Cristo, 1. CP: 30071. Murcia, Spain. E-mail: 〈mompean@um.es〉

Correspondence address: Dept. of English Philology, University of Murcia, Santo Cristo, 1. CP: 30071. Murcia, Spain. E-mail: 〈p.mompean@um.es〉

Received: 2007-01-17

Revised: 2009-05-15

Published Online: 2009-09-30

Published in Print: 2009-October

/r/-liaison in English: An empirical study

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