Features of connected speech

The pronunciation of a word with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other words in the same utterance

The variations in the pitch of a speaker’s voice used to convey or alter meaning

The process in continuous speech which connects the final sound of one word to the initial sound of the next

The pronunciation of a syllable with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other syllables in the same word

Occurs when a sound which would be present in a word spoken in isolation is omitted in connected speech. e.g. post the letter – old man

What happens to a sound when it is influenced by one of its neighbours. e.g. this ship - in public

The last consonant of the first word is joined to the vowel sound at the start of the second word. For example:

pick it up

when an extra sound is added into the spoken utterance

The intonation in ‘wh’ questions normally goes ________ at the end.

The intonation in ‘yes/no’ questions normally

goes ___________ at the end.