Editing Linking and intrusive R (section)

==Linking R==
In many non-rhotic accents, words historically ending in {{IPA|/r/}} (as evidenced by an {{angbr|r}} in the spelling) may be pronounced with {{IPA|/r/}} when they are closely followed by another morpheme beginning with a vowel sound. So ''tuner amp'' may be pronounced {{IPA|[ˈtjuːnə'''r''' æmp]}}.{{refn|group=nb|It is arguable whether or not the {{IPA|/r/}} is phonetically part of the onset of the following word (a form of [[liaison (linguistics)|liaison]]) {{Harvcoltxt|Gick|1999|p=31}}. {{Harvcoltxt|Vennemann|1972|p=216}}, for example, argues that linking R is an instance of resyllabifying the rhotic phoneme. On the other hand, Wells would argue that it is not necessarily in the onset of the following syllable.}} This is the case in such accents even though ''tuner'' would not otherwise be pronounced with an {{IPA|/r/}}. 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 accents feature linking R. [[South African English]], [[African-American Vernacular English]] and non-rhotic varieties of [[Southern American English]] are notable for not using a linking R.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Erik R.|date=4 September 2007|title=Phonological and Phonetic Characteristics of African American Vernacular English|url=https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.2/2062/Thomasj.1749-818X.2007.00029.pdf|journal=Language and Linguistics Compass|volume=1|number=5|pages=450–475 [453–454]|doi=10.1111/j.1749-818X.2007.00029.x|access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Gick|1999|p=31}}, citing {{Harvcoltxt|Kurath|1964}}</ref>