Features of Connected Speech Intrusion: adding a sound Go out

Features of Connected Speech
Intrusion: adding a sound

1. 
   Go out: ‘w’ intrudes between ‘go’ and ‘out’
   
2. 
   The art of war: ‘y’ intrudes between ‘the’ and ‘art’
   
3. 
   He is: ‘y’ intrudes between ‘he’ and ‘is’
   

Elision: disappearance of a sound

1. 
   probably: the syllable is dropped – sounds like ‘probly’
   
2. 
   The next day: ‘t’ is dropped
   
3. 
   They served lunch: ‘d’ is dropped
   

Linking/Liason: combining of sounds

1. 
   those apples: ‘s’ links/combines with ‘a’
   
2. 
   far away: ‘r’ links/combines with ‘a’
   
3. 
   in English: ‘n’ links/combines with ‘e’
   

Assimilation: modifying a sound

1. 
   green park: ‘n’ changes to ‘m’
   
2. 
   good girl: ‘d’ changes to ‘g’
   
3. 
   this year: ‘s’ changes to ‘sh’
   

Weak Forms: unstressed words

1. 
   You and me: ‘and’ shortens to ‘n’
   
2. 
   He must have gone: ‘have’ shortens to ‘v’
   
3. 
   What am I doing?: ‘am ‘ shortens to ‘m’