/r/ deletion and insertion

[Prof. Roland Sussex]

In Australian English, which is non-rhotic, there is also /r/-epenthesis
in non-standard p/r/erformance. It seems to be mainly with initial p-,
and possibly only with initial p + schwa. I'm investigating further.
It's not very widespread, but is heard often enough, on the media and
elsewhere.

Roly Sussex
The University of Queensland

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