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FEATURES OF CONNECTED SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
FEATURES OF CONNECTED SPEECH
ELISION
Deletion of a phoneme
/h/ in weak forms
/ð/ in weak form (e.g. "them")
/t/ and /d/ in consonant sequences
/v/ before /ð/ (e.g. "of the")
going to → /gənə/
/tt/ reduced to /t/ (want to → /wɒntə/)
ASSIMILATION
Sound change
Types
Manner
Energy
Place
Coalesent assimilation
t + j → ʧ
d + j → ʤ
s + j → ʃ
z + j → ʒ
Direction of influence
Lagging
Reciprocal
Leading
Co-ocurrence
more than one assimilation at the same time
LIAISON
Insertion of a sound
Linking /r/
without "r" in spelling
Intrusive /r/
appears before a vowel
Epenthesis
Insertion inside a word
consonant insertion
something → /mp/
length → /k/
vowel insertion
in some accents (Irish English→ film /ˈfɪlǝm/)