Aspects of Connected Speech - part 2 . research Thesis

Aspects of connected Speech - part 2 . research - Thesis Examplew?l (ii) No. I take for grantedt think I will. Daniel w?l l l?s?n dn liv ?m ma? b?laf (iii) Well Listen. Dont leave on my behalf. a? k? ?tz? ?ba?t? a?m ju? ?n? a? p s pas b?ha?nd ?s dn? ju das (iv) I think its about clock you and I put this past behind us - adoptt you Darc? lis? ste? f r? ?bde? drk w mi? j? ?m br h? (v) At least stay for a birthday drink with me and Bridg huh. Mark ba? brt (vi) Bye bridget Bridget mak (vii) Mark wa? r ? ju h (viii) why are you here? Daniel br a? s t?l? u wa j? a?m h (ix) Bridg I just told you why Im here. wa? w?z ma? wk? dasi h (x) why was Mark wanker Darcy here? bl?di h?l we ? m?n?t hiz b?k (xi) Oh spread over hell Wait a minute. Hes back. Mark ?lra kliv r ? a?tsa?d (xii) Alright Cleaver, outside. Daniel a?m s?ri (xiii) Im sorry? Mark a?tsa?d (xiv) Outside Daniel d a? br ma? ?jul?m p?st?lz ? ma? s?d (xv) Should I bring my dualing pistols or my sword? ?lra h?l (xvi) Alright. ... The adjustment of the final examination nasal /n/ in on to the bilabial articulation of /m/ in my ?m ma? in line (iii) is an instance of phonemic concentration the phoneme /n/ becomes the phoneme /m/ and thus shares the same attributes or features as the bilabial articulation of /m/. In this case, there is a single articulation of /m/ but it is lengthened in accordance with the final /m/ of the modified on and the following sign /m/ of my. If the sound was not lengthened it would be heard as ?m a?, which is not considered natural to a native speaker of English. In line (v) we find another such assimilation with the words and Bridg, in which case the /d/ of and is first dropped and the alveolar nasal /n/ assimilates with the following bilabial stop /b/ thus we find ?m br instead of ?n br. Similarly, phonemic assimilation is bare in line (xv), which shows the final phoneme velar nasal /?/ in dueling changing to the bilabial articulation of the sign bilabial /p/ in pistols ?jul?m p?st?lz the nasal /?/ therefore shares the same attributes as the bilabial articulation of /p/. In line (ix) t?l? u we find gain ground evidence of assimilation this time however, it is likely the final alveolar /d/ of told has assimilated in anticipation of the word initial palatal approximant /j/ of you but because you is unstressed the phonemes /d/ and /j/ have combined (coalesced) to arrive at t?l? u. This would be unlikely to happen if the word you was stressed, wherein we would probably hear t?l? ju. In line (xv) we find further evidence of coalescent assimilation but this time within a word rather than across