The link between pronunciation, listening and grammar. How noticing the features of fast connected speech can help you identify grammatical structures more effectively.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32174148/Conditionals%20and%20Pronunciation
Homework
Look at the sentences again. Which words/syllables were stressed? What happened to the once that weren't? Think about:
Assimilation
- Anticipatory/regressive - becomes more like the next sound - most common in fast connected speech
- Retrospective/progressive - becomes more like the preceeding sound
- Fusion - two sounds merge usually making an affricate
Bad man (place) /bæbmɑn/
Good times* (voice) /gʊttɑɪmz/
Good night (manner) /gʊnnɑɪt/
Gonna, gimme etc /gɪmmi/
Have to, used to are examples of progressive devoicing /haftə/
/juːstə/
Would you, caught you examples of fusion - /kɔːʈʃuː/
/wʊdʒuː/
*double tt consonant like in Italian - extra long closure followed by a release.
Elision
Loss of /t/ and /d/ sounds
Handbag /hambæg/
Elision of vowels: she's, geography, police, bottle. /ʃiːz dʒɒgrəfiˑ plɪːs bɒtl/
Insertion
Approximants /r/ /j/ / w/
My aunt, your uncle, how awful, I understand, go under, to others, be optimistic
/mɑɪjaːnt jɔːrʌŋkl hɑʊwɔːfʊl aɪʌndəstænd gɑʊwʌndə tuːwʌðəz biːjɒptəmIstIk/
He didn't watch tv or go to work
Semi vowel /j/ helps move from a front closed vowel /i:/ to a back half open one /ɔː/
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