Welcome to ‘R-ATICS9 in Vienna, Austria
2–4 June 2027

'R-ATICS is a workshop concerned with the variation of rhotics sounds over and within the world's languages. 'r-atics gathers an international network of researchers working on different issues concerning /r/ sounds. It is an international workshop that enhances mutual cooperation in a friendly environment on phonetic, phonological, sociolinguistic and diachronic aspects of rhotics.

Topics (among others)

The diversity of /r/ realizations in the world’s languages

The production and perception of rhotics in a language or in a language family

The socio-phonetic aspects of /r/ realizations

The phonological status of /r/ sounds

Diachronic aspects of /r/ sounds

The acquisition of rhotics in L1 and L2

Phenomena of /r/ sandhi