linking r
noun Phonetics.
the r-sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r-dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as
[fah] /fɑ/, becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as
[fahr-uh-wey] /ˈfɑr əˈweɪ/.
Also called intrusive r.
the r-sound as inserted analogously by speakers of an r-dropping dialect between vowels where there is no corresponding r in the spelling, as in the pronunciation of Cuba is as
[kyoo-buh-riz] /ˈkyu bə rɪz/.
Origin of linking r
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby linking r
linked,
linked list,
linked rhyme,
linked verse,
linker,
linking r,
linking verb,
linkman,
linkrot,
links,
linksman