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Connected Speech Nurul Sareena (TESL 1) - Coggle Diagram
Connected Speech
Nurul Sareena (TESL 1)
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Consonant + Consonant
2 consonants are similar in the position of the mouth for instance when you have 2 alveolar sounds then you will join the words together.
For example:
I nee
d th
em -> I nee
dth
em
So
me b
utter -> So
meb
utter
The end of the 1st and start of the 2nd words have similar phonemes/sounds.
For example:
Thi
s s
cene -> Thi
ss
cene
Consonant + Vowel
It happen when a word that end with consonant sound meet the next word which start with vowel sound.
For example:
I nee
d i
t -> I nee
di
t
Move the consonant to the next word.
Vowel + Vowel
/j/ sound
is insert in between the
spread "smiley" vowel + any vowel
when we speak.
For example:
Th
e (/j/) a
pple
/w/ sound
is insert in between the
rounded vowel + any vowel
when we speak.
For example:
Tw
o (/w/) a
pples
/r/ sound
is insert in between the
in-between vowel
(it's neither smiley or rounded)
+ any vowel
when we speak.
For example:
Ca
r (/r/) a
larm
Assimilation
When there are 2 sounds and one of them changes so that we can pronounce the next sound easier.
Assimilation can happen within word or in between words in sentences.
The changes may happen to only one sound change or both sounds.
1) /d/ + /j/ = /ʤ/
Di
d y
ou go? - /dɪ
ʤ
ə/ @ /dɪ
ʤj
ə/
Woul
d y
ou like to start? - /wʊ
ʤ
ə/ @ /wʊ
ʤj
ə/
2) /t/ + /j/ = /ʧ/
Can'
t y
ou do it? - /kɑːn
ʧ
ə/ @ /kɑːn
ʧj
ə/
That dress doesn't sui
t y
ou. - /suː
ʧ
uː/ @ /suː
ʧj
uː/
3) /s/ + /j/ = /ʃ/
The boss make
s y
ou work a lot. - /meɪk
ʃ
ə/ @ /meɪk
ʃj
ə/
Is thi
s y
ours? /ðɪ
ʃ
ɔːz/ @ /ðɪ
ʃj
ɔːz/
/z/ + /j/ = /ʒ/
Plea
se u
se this. - /pliː
ʒ
uːz/ @ /pliː
ʒj
uːz/
A
s u
sual, the meeting went well. - /ə
ʒ
uːʒʊəl/ @ /ə
ʒj
uːʒʊəl/
Elision
Omitting one or more sounds from a word or phrase so that we can pronounce it easier.
Use in casual and informal speech. Besides it makes us sound smoother and more natural.
/t/ and /d/ sounds get elided (doesn't get pronounce) whenever they come between consonants at the end of a syllable.
Example of elision in a word:
Scrip
t
s becomes scrips.
Frien
d
ship becomes frienship.
Example of elision between 2 words:
Las
t
chance as las chance.
Father an
d
son as father an son