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    Features of Connected Speech

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    This document discusses key features of connected speech: 1) Weak forms and schwa sounds are used, such as the vowel sound /ə/ in "a". 2) Vowel-vowel sequences involve intrusive consonants, like the /j/ sound between "be" and "in". 3) Consonant-vowel sequences involve linking or catenation, like the linking of "with" and "a". 4) Assimilation and elision of sounds can occur between words.

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    This document discusses key features of connected speech: 1) Weak forms and schwa sounds are used, such as the vowel sound /ə/ in "a". 2) Vowel-vowel sequences involve intrusive consonants, like the /j/ sound between "be" and "in". 3) Consonant-vowel sequences involve linking or catenation, like the linking of "with" and "a". 4) Assimilation and elision of sounds can occur between words.

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    This document discusses key features of connected speech: 1) Weak forms and schwa sounds are used, such as the vowel sound /ə/ in "a". 2) Vowel-vowel sequences involve intrusive consonants, like the /j/ sound between "be" and "in". 3) Consonant-vowel sequences involve linking or catenation, like the linking of "with" and "a". 4) Assimilation and elision of sounds can occur between words.

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    Features of connected speech  

    a. weak form / schwa in a /ə/  


    b. vowel – vowel / intrusive /j/ between be and in /biːjɪn/  
    c. consonant-vowel catenation/linking between with and a /wɪðə/  
    d. (possible) assimilation of /n/ in in with /ɪmwɪð/  
    main stress on chance

    1. Assimilation
    Assimilation occurs when a phoneme (sound) in one word causes a
    change in a sound in a neighbouring word. For example, try saying
    the following pairs of words:

     in Bath
     last year
     Hyde Park
    You’ll notice that the last sound of the first word changes in each
    case. The / n /  sound
    becomes / m / , / t /  becomes / t ʃ /  and / d /  becomes / b / .

    2. Elision
    Elision is the loss of a phoneme, most commonly the last phoneme
    of a word, and most commonly the / t /  and / d /  sounds. Have a look
    at these examples:
     left back
     stand by
     looked back
     I must go
    In each case the last phoneme of the first word is elided (lost). In
    the most simple terms, the reason is that the time and effort
    required to change the mouth position from the / t /  to the / b /  sound
    (as in the first example) or the / t /  to the / g /  sound (as in the last
    example) is too great!

    3. Delayed plosion
    Our “red dye” and “red eye” is an example of this. To articulate “red
    dye”, we must take a very short pause before the / d /  sound.
    The / d /  is an example of a plosive, consonant sounds where the
    vocal tract stops all airflow. Other examples
    are / b / ,/ d / , / g / , / p / , / t /  and / k / . This pause before the plosive
    gives us the name of this feature, delayed plosion.
    Another example: the right tie (delay) – the right eye (no delay)

    4. Catenation
    In catenation the last consonant of the first word is joined to the
    vowel sound at the start of the second word. For example:

     pick it up – (learners will hear something like pi ki tup)


     what is it – (learners will hear something like wo ti zit)

    5. Intrusion
    Intrusion is what you might expect from the name – an extra sound
    “intrudes” into the spoken utternace. Try saying the following pairs
    of words:

     media event
     I always
     go away
    Do you hear the / r /  sound intruding after “media”, the / j /  sound
    intruding after “I” and the / w /  sound intruding after “go”?

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