Connected-Speech英语快速语流中的缩读连读

I gotcha some water.
• 11. bet you betcha
I bet you know the answer answer.
I betcha know the
• 12 don't you dontcha
Don't you need help?
Doncha need help?
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lotta a lotta guys
a lot
• 16. could have coulda/couldov You could have stopped.
You coulda stopped. You couldov stopped.
• 17. should have shoulda/shouldov
He should have gone.
• He shoulda gone. He shouldov gone.
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• 18. give me
gimme
Байду номын сангаас
Give me my keys. Gimme my keys!
• 19. and
n
you and I
you n I
• 20. them
em
• I see them.
• Reductions are NOT how the words are spelled, but how they sound in connected speech.
• DO NOT write reductions. Instead use proper (formal) spelling and grammar when writing.
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Reductions
• Reductions are very important in learning to correctly pronounce American English. Reductions are the reduced form of common words and phrases. It is the informal way we talk. For example, instead of saying “I’m going to go now,” we say “I’m GONNA go now.”
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I wanna eat now.
• 6. do you want to wanna
Do you want to see a movie? Wanna see a movie?
• 7. want a
wanna
Do you want a slice of pie? Wanna slice of pie?
Connected Speech
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What Is Connected Speech
• Connected speech is based on a set of rules used to modify pronunciations so that words connect and flow more smoothly in natural speech (hafta versus have to). Native speakers of English tend to feel that connected speech is friendlier, more natural, more sympathetic, and more personal.
• 8. doing
doin
What are they doing there?
What are they doin there?
• 9. get you
getcha
I'll get you a cookie.
I'll getcha a cookie.
• 10. got you gotcha
I got you some water.
• Reduction helps highlight important syllables in yet another way—by de-emphasizing unstressed syllables. The vowel in an unstressed syllable is reduced in both length and clarity.
• 13. What are you
Whadaya/whatcha What are you doing today?
Whadaya doin today? Whatcha doin today?
• 14. kind of
kinda
my
kind of place my kinda place
• 15. lot of of guys
I see em.
• 21. him
im
I know him.
I know im.
• 22. her
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Quick But Not In A Rush
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Key Features of Connected Speech
• Contraction • Blend • Reduction • Linking and Juncture • Assimilation • Deletion • Epenthesis
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• 1. got to
gotta
• He's got to go to work. work.
He's gotta go to
• 2. going to* gonna
I'm going to see my sister.
I'm gonna see my sister.
* never reduce for "going to" a place like "going to the doctor" or "going to the library"
• 3. have to
hafta
You have to pick up the books.
You havta pick up the books.
• 4. has to
hasta
She has to fly home. home.
She hasta fly
• 5. want to
wanna
• I want to eat now.