Connecting through Connected

Speech
Workshop | January 2017
Why was there a misunderstanding?
 Connected Speech
The way sounds are produced in rapid
colloquial speech (i.e. when native
speakers are talking informally to one
another).
 What I said…
1. Green Park
2. What are you using?
3. A bit better
4. Time to eat
5. Death on the Nile
6. Pair of shoes
7. May I help you?
8. The other one
9. Great apes
10. Kind of
 What you probably heard…
1. Grim Park
2. Whahchoozin
3. Abibeha
4. Timetoweet
5. Defondenial
6. Parachutes
7. Maipiu?
8. The iother won
9. Gray tapes
10. Kinda
 Why does this happen?
Intrusion Catenation Elision Assimilation Weakening

When a word Prepositions,

When two vowel A phoneme
begins with a articles and
sounds meet, A sound is changes to
vowel sound and auxiliaries (i.e.
then either a /w/ omitted in become more like
the previous monosyllabic
, /r/ or a /j/ connected the neighbouring
words ends in a grammar words)
sound is added in speech. sound, or even
consonant, the can be softer and
fast speech. identical to it.
two sounds link shorter
 Why does this happen?
Intrusion Catenation Elision Assimilation Weakening

When a word Prepositions,

When two vowel A phoneme
begins with a articles and
sounds meet, A sound is changes to
vowel sound and auxiliaries (i.e.
then either a /w/ omitted in become more like
the previous monosyllabic
, /r/ or a /j/ connected the neighbouring
words ends in a grammar words)
sound is added in speech. sound, or even
consonant, the can be softer and
fast speech. identical to it.
two sounds link shorter

The other one Death on the Nile A bit better What are you using? Pair of shoes
/ði:jʌðəwʌn/ /de θɒn dənɑɪəl / /əbɪbetə/ /wɑtʃə jʊːzən / /pe rə ʃʊːz /

Time to eat Great apes May I help you Green Park Kind of
/taɪmtu:wi:t/ /greɪ teɪps / /mɑɪpɪʊ / / griːmpɑːk / /kaɪndə /
We hear… It was That’s because
probably… of…
my train might rain Catenation
blue wish
Ben Dover
Why paper
bassencarp
sordalike
Fap boy
Scott legs!
Necks day
We hear… It was That’s because
probably… of…
my train might rain Catenation
blue wish blueish Intrusion
Ben Dover bend over Catenation
Why paper white paper Assimilation
bassencarp bass and carp Weakening
sordalike sort of like Weakening /
Assimilation
Fap boy fat boy Assimilation
Scott legs! It’s got legs! Elision /
catenation /
assimilation
Necks day next day Elision
Do y o u k n o w t h e s o n g ?
 Fin d t h e f e a t u r e s o f
c o n n e c t e d s pe e c h in t h e
l in e s be l o w …
It mig h t s e e m c r a zy w h a t I'm a bo u t t o s a y

Su n s h in e s h e 's h e r e , yo u c a n t a k e a br e a k

I'm a h o t a ir ba l l o o n t h a t c o u l d g o t o
s pa c e

W it h t h e a ir , l ik e I do n 't c a r e , ba by , by
t he w ay
 A n d t h e a n s w er s a r e…
1. C a t e n a t io n : w h a t I’m a bo u t (w a
t a i ma bo u t )
2. W e a k e n in g : t o s a y (t ə s e ɪ)
3. C a t e n a t io n : t a k e a (t e ɪ k ə)
4. A s s imil a t io n : c o u l d g o (c u g g o )
5. W e a k e n in g : t o s pa c e (t ə s pe ɪs )
6. In t r u s io n : t h e a ir (t h e / j/ a ir )
7. E l is io n : do n ’t c a r e (do n c a r e )
 Th a n k y o u v e r y mu c h !

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