Modifications of the accentual structure in English: Elision

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 512.

Elision is the leaving out of sound as a means of simplifying the pronunciation of a word or a rhythmic group.

In a cluster of 3 consonants within a word, the middle one is elided. E.g., in “empty”, “tempt”, “Christmas”, “castle”, the elision of /t/ and/p/ is the norm. In “exactly”, “restless”, “handbag”, “handsome”, “friendship” elision takes place only in rapid colloquial speech, the pronunciation of the alveolar /t/, /d/ being characteristic of careful speech. Whenever the consonant is retained, it loses its plosion.

Such cases of elision occur rather in careful speech. E.g. pos(t)man, gran(d)father, nex(t)day, bread an(d) butter, up an(d) down, wasn'(t) that, Doesn'(t) she know?

The elision of one of a cluster of 2 consonants at the boundary of words is considered to be vulgar and occur in rapid careless speech only.

E.g., he went away /hi'wenə,wei/, I want to come / ai'w nə'kΛm/,

Let me see /'lemiֽsi: /, give me / 'gimi /.

Бұл бес сурақтың жауабы сырттағы суреттерде

22. The expiratory theory ”The most ancient theory states that there are as many syllablies in a word as there are vowels. This theory is primitive and insuffi­cient since it does not take into consideration consonants which also can form syllables in some languages, neither does it explain the boundary of syllables.The expiratory theory states that there are as many syllables in я word as there arc expiration pulses. The borderline between thesyllables is, according to this theory, the moment of the weakest ex­piration. This theory is inconsistent because_it_ is quite possiblejo pronounce several syllables in one articulatory effort or expiration,e.g. seeing /'siiirj/.