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The phonology of German /R/*

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Tracy Alan Hall
Tracy Alan Hall
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University of Düsseldorf
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The German uvular /R/ probably shows more surface variation than any other segment in the language. (1) illustrates that /R/ has a vocalic allophone [A], which can surface either as a glide or a vowel, a sonorant consonant allophone, which is pronounced as a uvular trill or approximant, and two obstruent allophones:

In the present study I focus on the rules producing the consonantal allophones of /R/ in both Standard German and in certain dialects of the Lower Rhineland (henceforth LRG).

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Phonology , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , May 1993, pp. 83 - 105
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