Connected Speech

Aspects of connected speech Match the aspects of connected speech with their definitions. Weak forms This happens mostly to structure words that are not pronounced completely. Rhythm The recurrence of prominent elements of speech at what are perceived to be regular intervals of time. Linking When words are pushed together (usually the last sound of the first one with the first sound of the second) Assimilation When two sounds come together and melt into a new sound. Elision When specific sounds don't get pronounced. Sort each set of words depending on the aspect of connected speech that applies to them. Linking This orange -> ˈsɔrənʤ/ It's cold in winter .> koʊl dɪn ˈwɪntər/ Stop it -> pɪt/ Weak forms Kind of nice -> kinda nice Hot and cold -> hot n' cold Fish and chips -> fish n' chips Assimilation Nice to meet you -> tu miʧu/ fruit cake -> keɪk/ white board -> bɔrd/ Elision Give her -> ɜr/ Asked -> Kept calling -> ˈkɔlɪŋ/ Would have -> Read and listen to this Dr. Seuss's poem. Then record yourself reading it (pay attention to connected speech) Fox in socksFoxSocksBoxKnoxKnox in box.Fox in socks.Knox on fox in socks in box.Socks on Knox and Knox in box.Fox in socks on box on Knox.Chicks with bricks come.Chicks with blocks come.Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.Look, sir. Look, sir. Mr. Knox, sir.Let's do tricks with bricks and blocks, sir.Let's do tricks with chicks and clocks, sir.First, I'll make a quick trick brick stack.Then I'll make a quick trick block stack.You can make a quick trick chick stack.You can make a quick trick clock stack.And here's a new trick, Mr. Knox....Socks on chicks and chicks on fox.Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks.Bricks and blocks on Knox on box.Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir.Try to say this Mr. Knox, sir....Clocks on fox tick.Clocks on Knox tock.Six sick bricks tick.Six sick chicks tock.Please, sir. I don't like this trick, sir.My tongue isn't quick or slick, sir.I get all those ticks and clocks, sir,mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir.I can't do it, Mr. Fox, sir.I'm so sorry, Mr. Knox, sir.Here's an easy game to play.Here's an easy thing to say....New socks.Two socks.Whose socks?Sue's socks.Who sews whose socks?Sue sews Sue's socks.Who sees who sew whose new socks, sir?You see Sue sew Sue's new socks, sir.That's not easy, Mr. Fox, sir.[...] Record yourself here using the "answer recorder" button.