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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. American /r/
<br>  2. Grammar -- It's Not Just For the Classroom! (3)
<br>  3. Linguistics education: possible jobs at Swarthmore
<br>  4. American /r/ -Reply
<br>  5. "You know what I mean" (2)
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<br>Date:    Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:57:22 +0100
<br>From:    Aaron Drews <aaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LING.ED.AC.UK>
<br>Subject: American /r/
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<br>Hello All,
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<br>I'm trying to find a book/reference that says the underlying sound in
<br>American English for the words _bird_, _fur_, _butt_er_ is a single,
<br>rhoticized phoneme.  The books in our library on American pronunciation
<br>have not been helpful at all.  I've been recommended Kenyon, but our
<br>library seems to only have a copy in its database rather than in any
<br>readable form.
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<br>Do any of you know of a reference that claims a single _er_ sound?  Is
<br>there anything out there that deals with American rhoticity in any great
<br>depth?  Better yet, are any of these printed by a publisher with a British
<br>affiliate?
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<br>Thanks for any help!
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<br>Aaron
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<br>Aaron E. Drews                               The University of Edinburgh
<br>+44 (0)131 650-3485                      Departments of English Language
<br>http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~aaron                          and Linguistics
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<br>"MERE ACCUMULATION OF OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT PROOF"
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