a) When the final syllable has /t, d/
Examples
Conscripts
/’kɒnskrɪps/
The next day /ðə ˈneks ˈdeɪ/
The last car /ðə ˈlɑ:s ˈkɑ:/
Hold the dog! /ˈhəʊl ðə ˈdɒg/
Send Frank a card. /sen ˈfræŋk ə ˈkɑ:d/
Facts /fæks/
Helen’s machine stopped printing /’hlənz mə’ʃi:n ‘stɒp ‘prɪntɪŋ/
The sounds /h/ and /j/ do not tend to
create this elision but there are other consonants do.
There are a number of useful combinations
that they show the vulnerability of /t/ and /d/ such as -pt, -kt, -st, -ft, -ʃt,
-ʧt, -bd, -gd, -nd, -ld, -zd, -ʤd, -vd, ðd:
Next day
/neɪks deɪ/
Mashed potatoes /mæʃ pɒˈteɪtəʊz/
The last post /ðə lɑːs pəʊst/
Liz smiled gently /’lɪz ‘smaɪl ‘ʤentlɪ/
b) The elision of /ə/
This can often occur. In connected speech /ə/
can easily disappear at word end when the sound comes at the start of a word,
positioned between two stressed syllables, as in:
Go away is pronounced /’gəʊ_’weɪ/
Or when it is followed by a stressed
syllable beginning with /r/ or /l/
Secretary /ˈsekrətri/
Police
/pli:s/
Memory
/ˈmemri/
Elision can also happen when the sound is
produced in the middle or final combinations
Preferable is pronounced /’prefrəbļ/
Library is pronounced /’laɪbrɪ/
c) The loss of /h/
The sound /h/ is lost in pronominal weak
forms. The elision occurs at the end of sentences with this sound.
For example, the /h/ of the two masculine
pronouns is retained at the beginning of the sentence
He passed his exam is pronounced /hɪ ‘pa:st ɪz ɪg’zæm/
Did you see him last night? / dɪd ju: si: ɪm lɑːs naɪt/
At Chile, Both of them, live happily / ət ‘tʃɪli boʊθ əv əm lɪv ‘hæpɪli /
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