Linking and Intrusive R - Linking R

Linking R

In many non-rhotic accents, words historically ending in /r/ (as evidenced by an ⟨r⟩ in the spelling) may be pronounced with when they are closely followed by another morpheme beginning with a vowel sound. So tuner amp may be pronounced . This is the case even though tuner would not otherwise be pronounced with an . Here, "closely" means the following word must be in the same prosodic unit (that is, not separated by a pausa). This phenomenon is known as linking R. Not all non-rhotic varieties feature linking R. A notable non-rhotic accent that does not have linking R is Southern American English.