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The document discusses the concept of elision in speech, which involves the omission of sounds or syllables, particularly in casual speech. It outlines specific cases of elision, such as the loss of weak vowels after certain consonants, avoidance of complex consonant clusters, and the loss of the final 'v' in 'of' before consonants. Examples are provided to illustrate these phenomena, along with practice questions for understanding.

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The document discusses the concept of elision in speech, which involves the omission of sounds or syllables, particularly in casual speech. It outlines specific cases of elision, such as the loss of weak vowels after certain consonants, avoidance of complex consonant clusters, and the loss of the final 'v' in 'of' before consonants. Examples are provided to illustrate these phenomena, along with practice questions for understanding.

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O 1 DEFINITION

U
T 2 LOSS OF WEAK VOWEL AFTER P, T, K
L
AVOIDANCE OF COMPLEX
I 3
CONSONANT CLUSTERS
N
E LOSS OF FINAL V IN “OF” BEFORE
4
CONSONANTS

5 OTHER CASES
DEFINITION
• Pronunciation: [i'liʒn]
1. The omission of a sound or syllable when
speaking
2. The process of joining together or merging
things, especially abstract ideas: unease at the
elision of so many vital questions
3. The typical of rapid, casual speech; the process of
change in phoneme realizations produced by
changing the speed and casualness of speech is
caused gradation.
DEFINITION
• For example:

WORDS NO ELISION ELISION

Comfortable / 'kʌmfətəbl / / 'kʌmftəbl /

Fifth / fifθ / / fiθ /

Him / him / / im /

Chocolate / 't∫ɒkələt / / 't∫ɒklət /

Vegetable / 'vedʒətəbl / / 'vedʒtəbl /


LOSS OF WEAK VOWEL AFTER P, T, K
• In words:
+ The vowel in the first syllable may
disappear
+ The aspiration of the initial plosive takes
up the whole of the middle portion of the
syllable.
• Note: Weak vowel after p, t, k is often “ə”
LOSS OF WEAK VOWEL AFTER P, T, K

Example:
• Potato / pə'teitəʊ / => / p'teitəʊ /
• Tomato / tə'mɑ:təʊ / => / t'mɑ:təʊ /
• Canary / kə'neəri / => /k'neəri /
AVOIDANCE OF COMPLEX
CONSONANT CLUSTERS
• It has been claimed that no normal English
speaker would ever pronounce all the
consonants, between the last two words of
the following.
• In clusters of three plosives or two plosives
plus a fricative, the middle plosive may
disappear, so that the following pronunciation
result.
AVOIDANCE OF COMPLEX
CONSONANT CLUSTERS
Example:
• Looked back / ‘lʊkt’bæk / => /
‘lʊk’bæk /
• Acts / ækts / => / æks /
• George the Sixth’s throne: /dʒɔːdʒ
ðə sikθs θrəʊn/ => /dʒɔːdʒ ðə
siksθrəʊn/
LOSS OF FINAL V IN “OF” BEFORE
CONSONANTS
Example:
• lots of them:
/ ’lɒts əv ðəm / => / ’lɒts ə ðəm /
• Waste of money:
/ ’weist əv 'mʌni/ => / ’weist ə 'mʌni/
LOSS OF FINAL V IN “OF” BEFORE
CONSONANTS
• These examples are typical of very casual
speech, and would be regarded as
substandard by conservative listeners.
• A more common case is where the vowel of
“of” is lost, leaving either “v” in a voiced
context ( e.g. “all of mine” => /ɔ:l v main/ )
or “f” in a voiceless context (e.g. “ best of
three” => / best f θri:/ )
OTHER CASES
1. Weak vowel + n, l or r becoming syllabic
consonants.
E.g. Tonight /tə'nait/ => /t'nait/
police /pə'li:s/ => /p’lis/
2. Contractions of grammatical words
• E.g. Had, did, would => / ‘d/
will, shall => / ‘ll/
Is => / ‘s/
OTHER CASES
Example:
3. When many consonants go together, elision
happens

word/combination no elision elision


Asked [ɑ:skt] [ɑ:st]
Lecture [ˈlɛktʃə] [ˈlɛkʃə]
hard disk [ˌhɑ:dˈdɪsk] [ˌhɑ:ˈdɪsk]
kept quiet [ˌkɛptˈkwaɪət] [ˌkɛpˈkwaɪət]
kept calling [ˌkɛptˈko:lɪŋ] [ˌkɛpˈko:lɪŋ]
Let’s relax !
Let’s relax !
Q1: In elision, How is
“correct” transcribed?

A. /kə'rekt/
B. /kə'ret/
C. /k'rekt/
Let’s relax !
Q2: Choose the type of elision of “interest”
• A. Loss of the weak vowel after /p/, /t/,
/k/.
• B. Weak vowel +/n/, /l/ or /r/ becomes
syllabic consonants.
• C.Loss of final ‘v’ in ‘of’ before consonants
• D. Avoidance of complex consonant
clusters

/ 'intrəst/
Let’s relax !
Q3: Choose the type of elision of “scripts”
• A. Loss of the weak vowel after /p/, /t/, /k/.
• B. Weak vowel +/n/, /l/ or /r/ becomes syllabic
consonants.
• C.Loss of final ‘v’ in ‘of’ before consonants
• D. Avoidance of complex consonant clusters

/ skrips/
Let’s relax !
Q4: In elision, How is “desktop”
transcribed?
• A. ‘dɛsˌtɒp
B. ‘dɛskˌtɒp
C. ‘dɛsktˌtɒp
Let’s relax !
Q5: In elision, how is
“want to ” transcribed?
A. [ˈwɒntˌtʊ]
B. [ˈwɒntˌʊ]
C. [ˈwɒnˌtʊ]

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