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@article{ART001796415},
author={Kang, Hyeon Seok},
title={Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2013},
volume={21},
number={2},
pages={1-28}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kang, Hyeon Seok
TI - Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2013
VL - 21
IS - 2
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 1
EP - 28
SN - 1226-4822
AB - While there have been extensive sociolinguistic research on the rhoticity of native and ESL varieties of English, no English of the expanding circle has been investigated as to its rhoticity. This study, using the variationist framework, investigates Korean English speakers’ pronunciation of post-vocalic /r/ as possibly the first research on the rhoticity of an EFL variety. The variety of Korean English analyzed in this study was closer to rhotic than nonrhotic, supporting the claim by many researchers (e.g., Choe 1996) that Korean English is linguistically closer to American English than British English. Though both linguistic and non-linguistic constraints are observed to exert influence on the rhoticity of the Korean variety of English, the latter proved to be more dominant. The effects of linguistic constraints were relatively weak and somewhat different from those as found in research on native varieties of English (e.g., Nagy & Irwin 2010, Piercy 2012). Nonlinguistic factors such as gender, proficiency level, speech style, and language/dialect contact significantly influenced the informants’ production of post-vocalic /r/. (186)
KW - rhoticity;post-vocalic;/r/;Korean-English;constraints;variation;EFL
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Kang, Hyeon Seok. (2013). Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 21(2), 1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. 2013, "Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.21, no.2 pp.1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok "Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 21.2 pp.1-28 (2013) : 1.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English. 2013; 21(2), 1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. "Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 21, no.2 (2013) : 1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 21(2), 1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2013; 21(2) 1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English. 2013; 21(2), 1-28.

Kang, Hyeon Seok. "Internal and External Constrains on Rhoticity in Korean English" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 21, no.2 (2013) : 1-28.