Date:    Mon, 1 Jun 1998 08:47:00 -0500
<br>From:    Herb Stahlke <hstahlke[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GW.BSU.EDU>
<br>Subject: American /r/ -Reply
<br>
<br>Aaron,
<br>
<br>Both of the following references treat American
<br>English and, in the first instance, Irish
<br>rhotacized vowels as single segments.  The first
<br>reference has a British publisher, the second a
<br>British author.
<br>
<br>Clark, John, and Colin Yallop.  1990.  An
<br>Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology.
<br>London:  Basil Blackwell.  P. 102.
<br>
<br>Ladefoged, Peter.  1982.  A course in
<br>Phonetics, Second Edition.  New York:
<br>Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.  P. 78.  (There is a
<br>more recent edition, but I don't have a copy.)
<br>
<br>Herb Stahlke
<br>
<br>>>> Aaron Drews <aaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LING.ED.AC.UK>
<br>06/01/98 06:57am >>>
<br>Hello All,
<br>
<br>I'm trying to find a book/reference that says the
<br>underlying sound in
<br>American English for the words _bird_, _fur_,
<br>_butt_er_ is a single,
<br>rhoticized phoneme.  The books in our library
<br>on American pronunciation
<br>have not been helpful at all.  I've been
<br>recommended Kenyon, but our
<br>library seems to only have a copy in its
<br>database rather than in any
<br>readable form.
<br>
<br>Do any of you know of a reference that claims a
<br>single _er_ sound?  Is
<br>there anything out there that deals with
<br>American rhoticity in any great
<br>depth?  Better yet, are any of these printed by a
<br>publisher with a British
<br>affiliate?
<br>
<br>Thanks for any help!
<br>
<br>Aaron
<br>
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