The /r/ sound in language – Introduction to the Special Issue

Abstract

This special issue of Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature entitled “The /r/ sound in language” is a collection of papers tied together not only by their shared theme, but also by the fact that their authors were the participants of the conference on the /r/ sound in language, held on May 27th, 2017 at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. The conference was organized by the Division of Applied Linguistics MCSU and included a wide variety of presentations not only from the fields of phonetics and phonology, but also from other areas such as speech-language pathology or philosophy of language. The conference featured keynote addresses delivered by distinguished guests: Anna Bloch-Rozmej, Bożydar Kaczmarek, Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska and Tomasz Woźniak. It was a truly interdisciplinary meeting which brought closer together not only scholars but also languages that were discussed: English, Polish, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Irish and Danish.