Connected Speech Pro
01
The Flow
Linking & Catenation
C+V Linking
Catenation
01
Consonant ending moves to the next Vowel.
Please take a look at it.
Not at all, thank you.
Time is up, pencils down.
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Phonetic Shift
Beam in
→
Bea-min
"It's your
golden hour
"
"My radiant
beam in
the night"
Golden Hour • JVKE
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Intrusion /w/
Vowel Intrusion
02
Words ending in /u:/ or /o/ add a /w/ sound.
I can do it myself.
Go on with your work.
How often do you swim?
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Phonetic Shift
Go on
→
Go-(w)on
"So
go on
and let it go"
Steal The Show • Lauv
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Intrusion /j/
Vowel Intrusion
03
Words ending in /i:/ add a /j/ (y) sound.
I am afraid of that.
Hurry up or we'll be late.
Come to see us off.
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Phonetic Shift
Say it
→
Say-(y)it
"Just
say it
, say it"
Die For You • The Weeknd
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Linking R
Rhoticity
04
Silent 'R' is pronounced before a vowel.
It is very far away.
There is no time left.
I will love you forever.
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Phonetic Shift
For a
→
For-ra
"I've been waiting
for a
while"
Beautiful Things • Benson Boone
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02
Power Control
Stops & Plosion
Held Stops
No Release
05
Stop+Stop. Hold the first, release the second.
That is a big cake.
Sit behind me please.
Take care of yourself.
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Phonetic Shift
Shut down
→
Shu[t]-down
"Whip it, whip it...
Shut down
"
Shut Down • BLACKPINK
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Friction Merge
Incomplete
06
Stop + Fricative. Stop merges softly.
I don't think so.
You did a good job.
That joke was funny.
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Phonetic Shift
Light switch
→
Ligh[t]-switch
"Turn me on like a
light switch
"
Light Switch • Charlie Puth
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Nose Pop
Nasal Plosion
07
Stop + N. Explode air via nose.
Say good night to him.
Good morning everyone.
Let me help you.
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Phonetic Shift
Midnight
→
Mid-night
"He was sunshine, I was
midnight
rain"
Midnight Rain • Taylor Swift
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Throat Catch
Glottal Stop
08
Swallow the 'T' in your throat.
Just a little bit.
Where have you been lately?
He was badly hurt.
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Phonetic Shift
Got me
→
Go' me
"You
got me
levitating"
Levitating • Dua Lipa
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03
The Mix
Assimilation
Yod (T)
Coalescence
09
T + Y = CH (/tʃ/)
Nice to meet you.
Why don't you go?
Would you like some?
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Phonetic Shift
Don't you
→
Don-chu
"
Don't you
want me like I want you"
APT. • ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
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Yod (S/Z)
Coalescence
10
S+Y=SH | Z+Y=ZH
God bless you.
I miss you every day.
How is your family?
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Phonetic Shift
Miss you
→
Mi-shu
"I
miss you
more than life"
Ghost • Justin Bieber
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Energy Drain
Devoicing
11
Strong P/T/K drains energy from V/Z/D.
Read the newspaper.
I have to go now.
I used to live there.
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Phonetic Shift
Have to
→
Haff-to
"But you shouldn't
have to
ask"
There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back • Shawn Mendes
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Twin Sounds
Gemination
12
Same letter meeting? Merge into one long sound.
It was a bad dream.
Wait at the bus stop.
A big game today.
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Phonetic Shift
Bad blood
→
Ba-Blood
"Now we got
bad blood
"
Bad Blood • Taylor Swift
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04
Speed Mode
Reductions
Cluster Crusher
Elision
13
Drop middle /t/ or /d/ in clusters.
It was last night.
He is a strict father.
I have no facts.
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Phonetic Shift
Just like
→
Jus-like
"
Just like
that... Oh my god"
OMG • NewJeans
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Killer N
NT Reduction
14
/t/ vanishes after /n/ (AmE).
Surfing the Internet.
She is twenty years old.
An international student.
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Phonetic Shift
Twenty-two
→
Twunny-two
"I don't know about you, but I'm feeling
22
"
22 • Taylor Swift
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Grammar Glue
Contractions
15
Wanna, Gonna, Gotta.
I wanna go home.
I'm gonna study abroad.
I gotta see you.
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Phonetic Shift
I'm going to
→
I'm gonna
"I'm
gonna
keep it simple"
Nonsense • Sabrina Carpenter
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Ghost Pronouns
H-Dropping
16
Drop 'h' in he/him/her.
Give him a call.
Please call her now.
Did you tell him?
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Phonetic Shift
Let her
→
Let-er
"Only know you love her when you
let her
go"
Someone You Loved • Lewis Capaldi
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The Lazy Sound
Schwa /ə/
17
Function words (at, to, for) reduce to "uh".
You and me.
Half an hour.
Rock n roll.
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Phonetic Shift
To cry
→
Tə-cry
"Started
to
cry, but then remembered I..."
Flowers • Miley Cyrus
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Flapping
T-Voicing
18
T between vowels = Fast D.
Drink some water.
New York City.
Sooner the better.
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Phonetic Shift
City
→
Ci-dy
"Shining through the
city
with a little funk and soul"
Dynamite • BTS
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