Hey Students, hope you are doing well. My Name is Muhammad. I am a student of English literature. In this Slideshow, I will present you the core concepts of Phonetics that include: What is Elision, The importance of elision and the difference between elision and contraction in Phonetic and Phonology in English language.

1.  Submitted by: Muhammad Ali
 Submitted to: Mr. Shakir Farooqi
 Roll No: 20638
 Subject: Phonetics & Phonology
 Department: BS English 2nd Semester
 Topic: Elision

2. Elision
Meaning: In phonetics and phonology, Elision is the omission of
speech sounds when producing, it can be one word
or more or it can be syllables in a speech. This is
done to make the language easier to say, and faster.
So, an elision is the omission of one or more sounds (such
as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or
phrase is called Elision.
For example:
'I don't know' /I duno/ , /kamra/ for camera, and
'fish 'n' chips' are all examples of elision.

3. Importance of Elision
 In the classroom
Elision is an important area in listening skills, as learners are often unable to
hear elided words correctly, especially if they have little contact with native
speakers. Word-counting and dictations are two activities that practise
recognition, whilst at the production stage drilling elided forms such as
contracted forms is common.

4. How Elision Is Used
 "Elision of sounds can ... be seen clearly in contracted forms like isn't (is
not), I'll (I shall/will), who's (who is/has), they'd (they had, they should, or they
would), haven't (have not) and so on. We see from these examples that vowels
or/and consonants can be elided. In the case of contractions or words
like library (pronounced in rapid speech as /laibri/), the whole syllable is elided."

5. Difference Between Contraction and
Elision
 By merely looking at contraction and elision examples, one would think the
two are the same. However, there is a slight difference between them.
Contraction is a more general term referring to the combination of two words
to form a shorter word. For instance, can’t is a contraction of “can” + “not,”
which is a combination of two words. On the other hand, elision is a specific
term. It is the omission of sounds, syllables, or phrases, and replacing them
with an apostrophe. For instance, ne’er is an elided form of “never.”
Similarly, gonna is an elision of the phrase “going to.”

6. Examples of Elision
 Amorous= am’rous
 Even = ev’n
 Unexplored = unexplor’d

7. Function of Elision
 Usually used deliberately, elisions are often found in prose and poetry with
the objective to continue a regular meter, or to create flow in iambic
pentameter. Since a specific meter is required, elision is employed to achieve
the set number of syllables necessary to create flow in a piece. Several other
languages use elision to cut down the number of words or to improve the flow
of speech.

8. The end of the assignment.
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