Chapter 8: Aspects of Connected Speech

What is connected speech?

• The study of sentence stress

• Clear articulation in isolated words

• How words link naturally in fluent speech

• Phonetic symbols

Which of these is not a process of connected speech?

• Elision

• Linking

• Intonation

• Assimilation

Why do connected speech processes occur?

• To confuse listeners

• To improve grammar

• To make speech faster and smoother

• To create new words

What is linking?

• A form of elision

• Connecting final sound of one word to initial sound of the next

• Pausing between words

• Repeating a sound

Which sounds are often added during intrusion?

• /m/, /n/, /ŋ/

• /r/, /w/, /j/

• /s/, /z/, /ʃ/

• /t/, /d/, /k/

What happens in “go on”?

• Linking /r/

• Linking /l/

• Intrusive /w/

• Elision

Linking /r/ occurs when:

• A word ends in /r/ and the next starts with a vowel

• Any consonant is repeated

• The word ends with a vowel

• Two words both end in consonants

Which of the following shows linking /r/?

• go on

• I saw it

• far away

• this one

“Pick it up” involves:

• Linking consonant

• Intrusive /r/

• Elision

• Assimilation

Linking usually occurs when:

• A word ends in a consonant

• A word ends in a vowel and the next begins with a vowel

• There is punctuation

• Between stressed syllables