The document discusses various aspects of connected speech in English phonology, including: - Weak forms of words being pronounced more quickly and at lower volume than stressed syllables. - Assimilation processes where sounds modify each other when they meet, such as /t/ becoming /k/ before velars. - Elision of sounds in consonant clusters and unstressed syllables. - Linking and intrusion of sounds between words, such as intrusive /r/ between vowels for some accents.

1. Claudia Cárdenas
Connected Speech

2. http://davidbrett.uniss.it/phonology/aspects_of_connecte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RekeWP2W0P4

3. Aspect of connected speech
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Weak forms are pronounced more quickly and at lower volume in comparison to
the stressed syllables.
went hotel booked room two nights father best friend.
I went to the hotel and booked a room for two nights for my father and his best
friend.
/a went t ð h tel n b kt ru:m f tu: na ts f ma f :ð r n h z bestɪ ˈ ə ə əʊ ˈ ə ˈ ʊ ə ˈ ə ˈ ˈ ɪ ə ɪ ˈ ɑ ə ə ɪ ˈ
frend/ˈ

4. BEFORE A VELAR
Phoneme Realised as Example
/n/ /Ŋ/ ten kætsˈ ˈ
/d/ /g/ | d lˈɡʊ ˈɡɝː
/t/ /k/ ðət k d |ˈ ɪ

5. BEFORE A VELAR
Phoneme Realised as Example
/n/ /Ŋ/ ten kætsˈ ˈ
/d/ /g/ | d lˈɡʊ ˈɡɝː
/t/ /k/ ðət k d |ˈ ɪ

6. BEFORE A VELAR
Phoneme Realised as Example
/n/ /Ŋ/ ten kætsˈ ˈ
/d/ /g/ | d lˈɡʊ ˈɡɝː
/t/ /k/ ðət k d |ˈ ɪ

7. Assimilation
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How sounds modify each other when they
meet

9. Yod Coalescence

12. What is this?
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I wanted you to know that
I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
away... (Broken - Amy Lee and Seether)

13. Identify rules of assimilation
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He’s a rather fat boy.
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He’s a very good boy.
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Can you see that girl over there?
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She’s a very good girl.
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He’s bringing his own car.
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I really love this shiny one over here.
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We found this little cheese shop in Paris.
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You went to France last year, didn’t you?

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t and d when appear in consonant clusters
– We arrived the next day
– When we reached Paris we stopped for lunch
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Complex consonant clusters
– She acts like she owns the place
– George the Sixth’s throne
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Shwa can disappear in unstressed syllables
– I think we should call the police
ELISION

15. •
t and d when appear in consonant clusters
– We arrived the next day
– When we reached Paris we stopped for lunch
•
Complex consonant clusters
– She acts like she owns the place
– George the Sixth’s throne
•
Shwa can disappear in unstressed syllables
– I think we should call the police
ELISION

16. 1) Alveolar consonants /t/ and /d/ when ‘sandwiched’ between two
consonants (CONS – t/d – CONS), e.g.

17. LINKING AND INTRUSION
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When two vowels meet, speakers link them in
various ways

18. Speakers with non-rothic accents will introduce /r/ to ease the
transition.
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Intrusive
– Princess Diana was a victim of media explotation
– The media are to blame
– It’s a question of law and order
– I saw it happen

19. Linking /j/ and /w/
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I agree, wholeheartedly
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I think, therefore I am
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I am, therefore I ought to be
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Go on! Go in!
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Are you inside?
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Who is that?

20. Juncture
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I scream Ice cream
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The clock keeps ticking
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The kids keep sticking things on the wall
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That’s my train
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It might rain
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Can I have some more ice?
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Can I have some more rice?

21. Contractions
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Two words combine to the extent they
become one word
– I’m
– Can’t
– Would’ve
– Could’ve

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I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your
shoes (Numb – Linking Park)

23. /'fæm li 'p :tr t/ə ɔ ɪ
/'m :m pli:z st :p 'kra ŋ, a 'kæn n t stænd ðɑ ə ɑ ɪ ɪ ɒ ə
sa nd/ʊ
/j r pe n z 'pe nf l ænd ts t r ŋ mi: da n/ʊ ɪ ɪ ɪ ə ɪ ɪə ɪ ʊ
/a h r glæs z bre k ŋ z a s t p n ma bed/ɪ ɪə ɪ ɪ ɪ ə ɪ ɪ ʌ ɪ ɪ
/a tould dæd ju: did n t mi:n those 'n :sti θ ŋzɪ ɒ ɑ ɪ
ju: sed/

24. /ju: fa t 'ba t 'm ni , 'ba t mi: ænd maɪ ə ʊ ʌ ə ʊ ɪ
br ð r/ʌ ə
/ænd ð s a k m h m tu: ð s z ma elt r/ɪ ɪ ʌ əʊ ɪ ɪ ɪ ʃ ə
/ t e n't i:zi gr ŋ p n w :ld w :r θri: 'nev rɪ ɪ əʊɪ ʌ ɪ ɜ ɔ ə
n w t l v k d bi: ju:l si:/əʊɪɳ ɒ ʌ ʊ
/a dount w nt l v tu: d 'str mi: la k t hæzɪ ɒ ʌ ɪ ɔɪ ɪ ɪ
d n ma 'fæm li/ʌ ɪ ə

25. /kæn wi: w :rk t a t kæn wi: bi: 'fæm li /ɜ ɪ ʊ ə ə
/a pr :m s a l bi: bet r, 'm :mi a l du:ɪ ɑ ə ɪ ə ɑ ɪ
'eniθ ŋ /ɪ
/kæn wi: w :rk t a t kæn wi: bi: 'fæm li /ɜ ɪ ʊ ə ə
/a pr :m s a l bi: bet r, dæd pli:z d nt li:v /ɪ ɑ ə ɪ ə ɪ əʊ