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Adjustments in Connected Speech - 2018 - Iec
Adjustments in Connected Speech - 2018 - Iec
Point of Articulation
Lateral . . . /l/ . .
Retroflex
. . . /r/ . .
/w/ . . . /j/ .
Semivowels
LINKING
Connecting the final sound of one word with the
initial sound of the next.
It depends on:
- Informality of the situation
- Rate of speaking
- Individual speech profile
- e.g. sign_it
- give_up
1 - LINKING WITH A Y-GLIDE
One word / syllable ends in a tense vowel or diphthong
and the next word begins with a vowel.
e.g./iy/ + vowel = be+y+able
/ey/ + vowel = say+y+it
/ay/ + vowel = my+y+own
/oy/ + vowel = toy+y+airplane
2- Final consonant + Beginning vowel =
new syllable
e.g. Dog+eat+dog
pink+and+blue
3-LINKING R – New England, NYC,
England: Epenthesis
Add a linking /r/ to vowel + vowel sequences
e.g. Spa+r+owners
vanilla+r+ice-cream
saw+r+Ann
4-LINKING WITH A W-GLIDE
/u:/ + vowel = blue+w+ink
/əʊ/ + vowel = know+w+art
/aʊ/ + vowel = how+w+is it
Listen
Hello, everybody!
How much do you know about those new ideas?
I´d like to answer that question before I go on.
You´ll have to emphasize two of those points
5- VOWEL TO VOWEL LINKING
when certain vowels come next to each other an extra
sound is added to make the link smooth.
6- RESYLLABIFICATION