2009/01/01 by Jose A. Mompeán, Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón · 37 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Artificial intelligence #Cognition #Cognitive linguistics #Computer science #Empirical research #Epistemology #Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Linguistics #Perspective (graphical) #Phenomenon #Philosophy #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Psychology #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1515/cogl.2009.031
published in Cognitive Linguistics 20(4) (De Gruyter Mouton)
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This article presents the results of an empirical study on the phenomenon of /r/-liaison (i.e., linking /r/ and intrusive /r/) in non-rhotic English from the perspective of usage-based Cognitive Linguistics. The study looks into sociolinguistic, phonetic and usage-based factors that condition variability in /r/-liaison through the analysis of news archives from the BBC World Service website (years 2004 and 2005). The paper argues that a thorough understanding of the phenomenon of /r/-liaison requires an analysis of the different aspects that condition its use and the use of empirical methods to study it.