CHARACTERISTICS OF CONNECTED SPEECH

"Linking, elison and assimilation" usually occur in ...

• slow speech

• fast speech

In rapid casual speech, the word 'facts' is usually pronounced as /fæks/. This is an example of:

• assimilation

• elision

• linking

• rhythm

Decide which aspect of connected speech is present in the utterance of the following phrase. were either --> /wəraɪðə/

• linking

• assimilation

• elision

• rhythm

Decide which aspect of connected speech is present in the utterance of the following sentence. Had you? /`hædʒu/

• linking

• elision

• assimilation

• reduction

Linking /r/ is pronounced in word bounderies before ... when the sound belongs to the word.

• consonants

• vowels

/w/ and /j/ are sometimes used to link...

• consonants

• vowels

What does the term "juncture" refer to in connected speech?

• The way syllables and words are linked together

• The speed of speech delivery

When a sound within a word is deleted, this phenomenon is called ……...

• elision

• assimilation

• linking

• reduction

In rapid speech, /t/ and /d/ are elided (omitted) when they occur at the end of word (or word stem) or in between two consonants.

• True

• False

Apart from /t/ and /d/, the sounds most usually elided are...

• /h/ in weak forms and auxiliaries, /l/ before /ɔː/

• /s/ in consonant clusters

• schwa in strong forms