Rhotacism is the linguistic phenomenon or tendency to mispronounce the /r/ sound or to over-apply rhoticity. In phonetics, it refers to speech patterns where /r/ is altered, omitted, or replaced by a non-rhotic equivalent, often seen in dialectal variation. It can appear in children acquiring speech or in adults with regional accents, affecting intelligibility if not mastered in a target register.
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