Connected Speech
What is connected speech?
Connected speech is when words blend smoothly in continuous speech.
What is assimilation?
A phonetic process where a sound changes to become more like a neighboring sound.
What is Coarticulation?
Coarticulation is the phenomenon in speech where the articulation (movement of speech organs like the tongue, lips, etc.) of one sound overlaps with or influences the articulation of neighboring sounds.
What is elision?
The process of omitting a phoneme in spoken language, often occurring to streamline pronunciation.
What’s the term for the phonological process where the order of sounds in a word is rearranged?
Metathesis.
Why is connected speech important?
Connected speech is important in speech therapy because it helps improve fluency and naturalness, making speech more understandable in everyday conversation.
What is regressive assimilation?
It occurs when a phoneme changes to become more like a following phoneme.
What type of coarticulation occurs when the characteristics of a sound are influenced by the upcoming sound?
Anticipatory Coarticulation.
What is Epenthesis?
The addition of one or more sounds within a word, often to facilitate easier pronunciation.
T of F? Vowel reduction occurs when a vowel sound is pronounced more clearly and distinctly.
False.
Transcribe this connected speech example: "What do you want?"
"What do you want?" ---> /wʌdʒə want/
What is progressive assimilation?
It happens when a phoneme changes due to a preceding sound.
In the word cats, what type of coarticulation causes the /s/ sound to be produced without voicing due to the preceding unvoiced /t/sound?
Carryover Coarticulation.
T or F? Connected speech often involves the reduction or elision of sounds in rapid conversation.
True.
Give an example of a common English word that has undergone metathesis.
Ask.
What are the main features in connected speech?
Features include assimilation, elision, linking, and intrusions.
T or F? Regressive assimilation is left to right and progressive assimilation is right to left.
False.
What part of the mouth adjusts when the tongue anticipates the vowel /i/ in the word key leaning to this type of articulation?
The front of the mouth and Anticipatory Coarticulation.
In the word athlete a common pronunciation includes an extra vowel sound between the t and the l. What is this process called?
Epenthesis.
In phonetics, what is the effect of vowel reduction on syllable stress in connected speech?
It leads to the weakening or omission of unstressed vowels.
T or F? Connected speech can vary between dialects.
True.
How does assimilation affect a client in speech therapy?
Assimilation can make a client's speech less clear, as sounds may change and become harder to understand. Speech therapists help clients recognize and adjust these patterns to improve their speaking skills.
Some languages, like English, allow more coarticulation than others, like Japanese. What is the term used to describe the characteristics of languages that restrict the extent of coarticulation?
Coarticulatory Resistance.
Describe a specific linguistic environment where elision commonly occurs in the English language.
Rapid or casual speech.
How does vowel reduction affect unstressed syllables?
Vowel redemption causes unstressed syllables to be pronounced less distinctly, as a schwa like in banana, pronounced as /bəˈnænə/.