Some Aspects of Connected Speech

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1 Some Aspects of Connected Speech

2 Assimilation from Latin" to become like” one sound is influenced by a neighboring sound. One sound moves phonetically in the direction of its neighbor. process or result of two sounds Sounds become identical or similar.

3 Types of assimilation Voicing Assimilation
either the change from a voiced consonant to a voiceless one as in /d/ in learned to /t/ in /lɝːnt/ voiceless consonant to a voiced one

4 Place of Articulation Assimilation
This type of assimilation involves the change of the place of articulation of the consonants involved in assimilation. /n/ in prefix –in becomes /m/ when attached to possible impossible

5 Nasal Assimilation occurs medially and finally.
/m/ and /n/ occur initially, medially and finally. occurs medially and finally.

6 two consonants have the same place of articulation, as shown by the examples above, they are called homorganic consonants.

7 Regressive Assimilation
the sounds assimilated are influenced by the succeeding/following sounds

8 It/, /d/ and /n/ often become bilabial before bilabial consonants /p/, /b/ and /m/:

9 It/ assimilates to /k/ before /k/ or /g/
/d/ assimilates to /g/ before /k/ or /g/:

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13 Elision Elision may be defined as the disappearance of sounds.

14 1- /t/ and /d/, the most common elisions in English, when they appear within a consonant cluster.
-next day /t/ elided between /ks/ and /d/ -reached Paris, stopped for /t/ elided between /tf/and /p/, and between /p/ and /f/.

15 /v/ can disappear in of, before consonants.
11th of November - waste of time.

16 Metathesis Metathesis is a sound change that takes place in the pronunciation of words. Examples of metathesis from English include:' waps 'for' wasp',' claps' for' clasp',' aks' for' ask’.