aspects of connected speech

about connected speech

1. ASPECTS OF CONNECTED SPEECH 17 July, 2018

2. CONTENTS Introduction to aspects of connected speech Weak forms Assimilation Elimination Linking Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION TO ASPECTS OF CONNECTED SPEECH Analysis of continuous chain in normal spoken language and conversation as compared with the typical linguistics analysis of individual phonemes analyzed in isolation. In natural speech there are many process that result in difference between isolated word are the same word in occurring in connected speech. When we speak naturally we don’t pronounce a word, stop and then continue, fluent speech flows a rhythm and the word bump into each other. These changes that a affect the quality of sounds are known as feature of connected speech.

4. Feature of connected speech Weak forms Rhythm Assimilation Elimination Linking Juncture

5. IMPORTANCE OF THE FEATURE Connected speech is the key to gaining a natural, smooth-flowing style of speech. The connected speech beat uses make you feel comfortable at making sound play and dance gather in a rhythmic mood. As we don’t say words separately like robots, instead words bumps into each, it can be clarified while taking an example of: “Life is like box of chocolate” Spoken as / Li fies likea boxo chocolate /

6. Weak Form Weak form are syllable sound become unstressed in connected speech and often then pronounced as a schwa.

7. Why we learn weak forms? Improve your listening skills, epically to understand native speakers. Failure on weak forms will affect your English rhythm. if you want to speak naturally you should pronounce weak form correctly.

8. INVENTORY OF WEAK FORMS Articles:- a, an, the Conjunction:- and, as, but, than, that Preposition:- at, for, from, of, to Pronouns :- he, him, her, us

9. RHYTHM Rhythm is the sense of movement in speech which is marked by stress, timing and quantity of syllables. Rhythm is an event happening at regular intervals of time. It is the arrangement of spoken words alternating the stress and unstressed elements. Examples He ar’rived’sixo’clock . ‘walk’ down to the ‘path to the’ end of the can;nal .

10. ASSIMILATION Assimilation is the change in pronounce of a phoneme under the influence of its surrounding sounds Example:  1. news / njuz / but newspaper / nju / njusspeipə / peipə / 2. This year / ðij jiə / 3. Want to / wɔnə /

11. In term of direction of change Regressive assimilation: The phoneme that comes first is affected by the one that comes after it. Example: This year / ðij jiə /, bright color / braik kalə / light blue / laip blu /. Progressive assimilation: The phoneme that comes first affects the one that comes after it. Example: those year / ðəʊʒ jiə

12. In the terms of consonant change

13. ELISION Elision is the speech of sound realized as zero in casual , rapid speech. There can be vowel elision and consonant elision Example : vowels: tonight / tnait / consonant: eight tins / eitins /

14. Rules of Elision Aspirated stops+weak vowel |ə|  Aspirated stops Today [ tdei ] Potatoes [ pteitəu ] Weak vowels |ə| disappears before a Syllabic consonant Canal [ knael ] Correct[ krekt ] Connecet [ knekt ]

15. Linking  Linking is the phenomenon where words or sounds are linked together. Example: Linking is “say it” normally we say “ sayit ” Linking the “y” and “I” together while pronouncing. Similarly like, blue ink, big girl or back up.

16. Types of linking Linking consonant to vowel Linking vowel to vowel Linking consonant to consonant

17. Linking consonant to vowel First word ends with a consonant sound and second start with a vowel. Example He should stop it. He should stopit .

18. Linking vowel to vowel First word ends with a vowel sound and the second word start with a vowel sound. Example Who is your favorite actor? Whow is your favorite actor?

19. Linking consonant to consonant First word end and second word start with a consonant. Example It was best time of my life. It was besttime of my life.

20. Conclusion Your patience has truly been tested in the present session and we do hope that you are have learned a considerable important idea and terminology that are very important to make you able to spear freely and nicely with a bullet like flow but for the same practice do rest first Good Luck.

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