Connectedspeech

Claudia Cárdenas

Connected Speech

http://davidbrett.uniss.it/phonology/aspects_of_connected_speech_inde.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RekeWP2W0P4

Aspect of connected speech

• Weak forms are pronounced more quickly and at lower volume in comparison to

the stressed syllables.

went         hotel        booked   room       two nights          father          best   friend.

I went to the hotel and booked a room for two nights for my father and his best 

friend.

/aɪ ˈwent tə ðə həʊ ˈtel ən ˈbʊkt ə ˈru:m fə ˈtu: ˈnaɪts fə maɪ ˈfɑ:ðər ən hɪz ˈbest ˈfrend/

BEFORE A VELAR

Phoneme Realised as Example

/n/ /Ŋ/ ˈten ˈkæts

/d/ /g/ | ˈɡʊd ˈɡɝːl

/t/ /k/ ðət ˈkɪd |

BEFORE A VELAR

Phoneme Realised as Example

/n/ /Ŋ/ ˈten ˈkæts

/d/ /g/ | ˈɡʊd ˈɡɝːl

/t/ /k/ ðət ˈkɪd |

BEFORE A VELAR

Phoneme Realised as Example

/n/ /Ŋ/ ˈten ˈkæts

/d/ /g/ | ˈɡʊd ˈɡɝːl

/t/ /k/ ðət ˈkɪd |

Assimilation

• How sounds modify each other when they meet

Yod Coalescence

What is this?

• I wanted you to know thatI love the way you laughI wanna hold you high and steal your pain away... (Broken - Amy Lee and Seether)

Identify rules of assimilation • He’s a rather fat boy.

• He’s a very good boy.

• Can you see that girl over there?

• She’s a very good girl.

• He’s bringing his own car.

• I really love this shiny one over here.

• We found this little cheese shop in Paris.

• You went to France last year, didn’t you?

• Would you like a cup of tea?

• t and d when appear in consonant clusters

– We arrived the next day

– When we reached Paris we stopped for lunch

• Complex consonant clusters

– She acts like she owns the place

– George the Sixth’s throne

• Shwa can disappear in unstressed syllables

– I think we should call the police

– That’s an interesting idea

ELISION

• t and d when appear in consonant clusters

– We arrived the next day

– When we reached Paris we stopped for lunch

• Complex consonant clusters

– She acts like she owns the place

– George the Sixth’s throne

• Shwa can disappear in unstressed syllables

– I think we should call the police

– That’s an interesting idea

ELISION

1) Alveolar consonants /t/ and /d/ when ‘sandwiched’ between two consonants (CONS – t/d – CONS), e.g.

LINKING AND INTRUSION

• When two vowels meet, speakers link them in various ways

Speakers with non-rothic accents will introduce /r/ to ease the transition.

• Intrusive

– Princess Diana was a victim of media explotation

– The media are to blame

– It’s a question of law and order

– I saw it happen

Linking /j/ and /w/

• I agree, wholeheartedly

• I think, therefore I am

• I am, therefore I ought to be

• Go on! Go in!

• Are you inside?

• Who is that?

• You are

Juncture

• I scream Ice cream

• The clock keeps ticking

• The kids keep sticking things on the wall

• That’s my train

• It might rain

• Can I have some more ice?

• Can I have some more rice?

Contractions

• Two words combine to the extent they become one word

– I’m

– Can’t

– Would’ve

– Could’ve

• I'm tired of being what you want me to beFeeling so faithless, lost under the surfaceI don't know what you're expecting of mePut under the pressure of walking in your shoes (Numb – Linking Park)

/'fæməli 'pɔ:trɪt/

/'mɑ:mə pli:z stɑ:p 'kraɪŋ, aɪ 'kæn nɒt stænd ðə saʊnd/

/jʊr peɪn ɪz 'peɪnfəl ænd ɪts tɪərɪŋ mi: daʊn/

/aɪ hɪər glæsɪz breɪkɪŋ əz aɪ sɪt ʌp ɪn maɪ bed/

/aɪ tould dæd ju: did nɒt mi:n those 'nɑ:sti θɪŋz ju: sed/

/ju: faɪt ə'baʊt 'mʌni , ə'baʊt mi: ænd maɪ brʌðər/

/ænd ðɪs aɪ kʌm həʊm tu: ðɪs ɪz maɪ ʃeltər/

/ɪt eɪn't i:zi grəʊɪŋ ʌp ɪn wɜ:ld wɔ:r θri: 'nevər nəʊɪɳ wɒt lʌv kʊd bi: ju:l si:/

/aɪ dount wɒnt lʌv tu: dɪ'strɔɪ mi: laɪk ɪt hæz dʌn maɪ 'fæməli/

/kæn wi: wɜ:rk ɪt aʊt kæn wi: bi: ə 'fæməli /

/aɪ prɑ:məs aɪl bi: betər, 'mɑ:mi aɪl du: 'eniθɪŋ /

/kæn wi: wɜ:rk ɪt aʊt kæn wi: bi: ə 'fæməli /

/aɪ prɑ:məs aɪl bi: betər, dædɪ pli:z dəʊnt li:v /