The document provides an exercise for students to match examples of connected speech from a text with their phonetic transcription and pronunciation features. The examples include common word combinations and phrases spoken in conversation. Students are asked to identify features of assimilation, elision, weak forms and linking for 10 examples using options provided in a box. The purpose is to analyze aspects of connected speech and how pronunciation changes in casual conversation.
The document provides an exercise for students to match examples of connected speech from a text with their phonetic transcription and pronunciation features. The examples include common word combinations and phrases spoken in conversation. Students are asked to identify features of assimilation, elision, weak forms and linking for 10 examples using options provided in a box. The purpose is to analyze aspects of connected speech and how pronunciation changes in casual conversation.
The document provides an exercise for students to match examples of connected speech from a text with their phonetic transcription and pronunciation features. The examples include common word combinations and phrases spoken in conversation. Students are asked to identify features of assimilation, elision, weak forms and linking for 10 examples using options provided in a box. The purpose is to analyze aspects of connected speech and how pronunciation changes in casual conversation.
Exercise # 1: Match the feature of connected speech in the box below with the example in the part of text. You need to use some of the features more than once.
Nro PART OF TEXT PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPT PRONUNCIATION
FEATURE 1 diamond ring / daɪmən rɪŋ 2 I’m /aɪm/ 3 next Monday /nɛksmʌndeɪ/ 4 what are /wɒ tɑːr/ 5 do all /duːwɔːl/ 6 read a /ri: da/ 7 why am /waɪjæm/ 8 old man /oʊlmæn/ 9 media are /miːdiərɑːr/ 10 windsurf winʹsu:rf