Better English Pronunciation by J. D. O'Connor

Author:J. D. O'Connor [O'Connor, J. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Better English Pronunciation (With 2 Audio CDs) 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780521231527
Goodreads: 2086884
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1967-10-22T21:00:00+00:00

greit kea

great care

kwait gud

quite good

blaekb3:d

blackbird

kkb tai

club tie

bob gudwin

Bob Goodwin

baed kauld

bad cold

aid gau

rd go

pigteil

pigtail

lektja

lecture

bigd3auk

bigjoke

faekt

drAgd

Jopg3:l

eitpans

hot ba:0

0ik pi:s

blaekdDg

sAbkonJas

red p3:s

gudbai

baegpaips

big bai

obdjikt

tjiiptjiiz

fact

druggedshop girleightpencehot baththick pieceblack dogsubconsciousred pursegoodbyebagpipesbig boyobject (n.)cheap cheese

When /pi is followed by /p/, or /t/ by /t/, and so on, there is again onlyone explosion, but the closure is held for double the usual time.Examples:

S slip paist slip past

luk keafali look carefullymaed dDg mad dog

WDttaim what time?bob belts Bob Batesbig g3:l big girl

For /tf/ and /d3/ the friction part of the sound is never missing, so mwitj tjea which chair? and Ia:d3 large jug the /tj / and ^3/ are com-plete in both places. ,. r n j

When one of the strong/weak pair/p, b/ or /1, d/ or /k, g / is followed

by the other, for example in WDt dex what day or big keik big cake thereh only one explosion, but the closure is held for double the usual timeand the strength changes during this time. Other examples are:

hip baun hip bonebed taim bed-timeblaekgaut black goat

If three stop consonants come together, as in strikt pearant strictparent, there is still only one explosion, that of the third consonantWhat usually happens is that the first consonant is formed and held torlonger than usual, the second consonant disappears altogether, and thethird is formed and exploded normally. We might write strict parent asstrik: pearant, where /k:/ represents an unexploded /k/ held tor longerthan usual. Other examples are:

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