GROUP4

M. Ilham B (19202241042)

Ajeng Kartika N (19202241043)

Bramantyas (19202241073)

L.2 Discussion

1. Work in groups to analyze the rhythm and determine the weak and strong feet in
these phrases:

a. winter is coming

b. London bridge is falling down

2. Discuss the answers to the following questions:

a. It can be summarized that studying rhythm in speech doesn’t have much

value in practical use because in reality, speech-shift does not follow the
rules. So what is the purpose of learning rhythm and strong versus weak
syllable? Read page 110 and summarize your answer.
b. Read about contractions on page 114 and 115. Are contractions
also elision?

Answer :

1.Work in groups to analyze the rhythm and determine the weak and strong feet in
these phrase ;

a. winter is coming

b. London bridge is falling down

  winter is coming

Winter is coming

Winter is coming

Winter coming
is

Winter is coming

ˈwɪn tə ˈkʌm
ɪz ɪŋ
r
  London bridge is falling down

London bridge is falling down

is falling down
London bridge

London down
bridge is
falling

down
London bridge
is falling

daʊn
ˈwɪn
dən
brɪd ɪŋ
ɪz ˈfɔːl
ʒ
2.a. what is the purpose of learning rhythm and strong versus weak syllable?

The purpose is because in some languages, they seem do not have such a noticeable
difference (which may, perhaps, explain the subjective impression of “syllabletiming”),
and for native speakers of such languages who are learning English it can be helpful to
practice repeating strongly rhythmical utterances since this forces the speaker to
concentrate on making unstressed syllables weak. Speakers of languages like
Japanese, Hungarian and Spanish which do not have weak syllables to anything like
the same extent as English does, they may well find such exercises of some value (as
long as they are not overdone to the point where learners feel they have to speak
English as though they were reciting verse).

Learning strong and weak syllable can also makes us aware about to show a clear
difference between “stress-timed” and “syllable-timed” languages. In other words, many
foreign learners of English are made to practice speaking English with a regular rhythm,
often to be pointed out to give the evidence for the existence of truly stress-timed
rhythm which is not always strong.

b. An elision refers specifically to the removal of sounds from speech, while a

contraction refers to a shortened version of writing words, that can represent that
spoken elision in English. A contraction though is not always a written representation of
that elision because a contraction can represent other things as well.

Additionally, an elision is NOT always turned into a contraction in writing, though.

Contraction differs from elision in that contractions are set forms that have
morphologized, but elisions are not.

A synonym for elision is syncope, though the latter term is most often associated with
the elision of vowels between consonants (e.g., Latin tabula → Spanish tabla). Another
form of elision is aphesis, which means elision at the beginning of a word (generally of
an unstressed vowel).