Fast Talker’s Handbook
Name different aspects of connected speech
Assimilation, Elision, Linking
As You Like It.
/æz ju ˈlaɪk ɪt/→/æʒu ˈlaɪk ɪt/
Good boy /ɡʊb bɔɪ/
The end hour
ði‿(j)ɛnd‿aʊə
What is assibilation?
two consonants merge to create a new sound, alveolars /t, d ,s, z/ + /j/
don’t you /dəʊnt ju/→/dəʊntʃu/
Leave him alone
/ˈliːv hɪm əˈləʊn/ -> /ˈliːv‿ɪm‿əˈləʊn/
In all their glory /in‿ɔːl leə/
linking + progressive assimilation of manner
Two apples
/ˈtuː(w)ˈæpl̩z/ or /ˈtuː‿ˈæpl̩z/
Name 3 examples of elision
elision of /t, d/ in consonant clusters, elision of the past tense ending <ed>, elision of /t, d/ in weak forms of grammatical words, in negative forms /t/ tends to be dropped before consonants, ...
give me an example
/gɪv mi(j)‿ən‿ɪɡˈzɑːmpl/
this shop /ðɪʃ ʃɒp/
Assimilation, /s/ became palato-alveolar because it is before /ʃ/
Did you eat it all?
/dɪʤə iːt‿ɪt‿ɔːl/
How many types of linking there are? Name them all
3 main + 4 in vowel-to-vowel
Consonant-to-vowel
vowel-to-vowel - linking r, intrusive r, linking w, linking j
consonant-to-consonant
The next day, we went to the park.
/ðə neks(t) deɪ, wi wen(t) tə‿ðə‿pɑːk/
She asked him /ʃi‿jɑːskt‿ɪm/
h dropping + linking j
Don’t push me!
/dəʊnt pʊʃ mi/ - > /dəʊn pʊʃ mi/ -> /dəʊm pʊʃ mi/
explain the difference in pronunciation of -es and -ed endings
/s/ - after voiceless, /z/ after voiced + vowels, /ɪz/ after sibilants
/t/ - after voiceless, /d/ - after voiced + vowels, /ɪd/ after /t, d/
I asked the shopkeeper if they’d get more next week, but he wasn’t sure.
/aɪ(j)‿ɑːsk(t)‿ðə ʃɒpkiːpər‿ɪf ðeɪd ɡet mɔː neks(t) wiːk, bʌd‿i wʌzn(t) ʃɜ:/
I can’t believe it. /aɪ kɑːm bɪˈliːv ɪt/
/aɪ kɑːnt bɪˈliːv ɪt/ -> /aɪ kɑːn bɪˈliːv ɪt/ -> /aɪ kɑːm bɪˈliːv ɪt/
I went to the store to buy some apples and oranges.
/aɪ wen tə ðə stɔː tə baɪ səm‿æplz‿ən‿ɔːrɪnʤɪz/