Editing Linking and intrusive R (section)

{{Short description|Situational pronunciation of /r/ in non-rhotic varieties of English}}
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'''Linking R''' and '''intrusive R''' are [[sandhi]] phenomena<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Trudgill|Gordon|2006|p=236}}</ref> wherein a [[rhotic consonant]] is pronounced between two consecutive vowels with the purpose of avoiding a [[hiatus (linguistics)|hiatus]], that would otherwise occur in the expressions, such as ''tuner amp'', although in isolation ''tuner'' is pronounced the same as ''tuna'' {{IPA|/ˈt(j)uːnə/}} in [[rhoticity in English|non-rhotic]] [[list of dialects of English|varieties of English]]. These phenomena occur in many of these dialects, such as those in most of [[England and Wales]], parts of the [[American English|United States]], and all of the Anglophone societies of the southern hemisphere, with the exception of [[South African English|South Africa]]. In these varieties, {{IPA|/r/}} is pronounced only when it is immediately followed by a vowel.

Linking R and intrusive R may also occur between a root morpheme and certain [[suffix (linguistics)|suffixes]], such as ''-ing'' or ''-al''. For instance, in words such as ''draw(r)ing, withdraw(r)al,'' or ''[[Kafka]](r)esque''.

These phenomena first appeared in English sometime after the year 1700.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Peters|1996|p=49}}</ref>