Linking
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
Contents
1 Videos 2 Warm-up questions 3 Ways of linking and examples 4 Tasks for fun
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
Is your hometown far away?
They keep it for their own use.
There are nine all together. It’s going to clear up soon.
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
For the rhythm of speech
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
2.3 how to link words
Blending the last sound of a word with the initial sound of the following word.
Tips: 1.Linking does not mean speaking fast; 2.Do not link words between two meaning
groups.
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
3.Types of linking
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
3.3 Vowel + Vowel
round
insert a /w/ sound: Too often Who is So I Go out ……
wide
Insert a /j/ sound: I am My uncle Be on time The end……
Take an apple First aid Cut it out Seven o’clock
Look over
Get into
As soon as possible
Put it off
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
★when you come across linking-r or intrusive-r, write the /r/ sound at the appropriate position
won’t you /t/ + /j/= /tʃ / /w ɔn tʃ u/ Won’t you go tomorrow?
1.Linking-A very common phenomenon
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
Did you notice the linking?
1
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.”
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
Did you notice the linking?
2
“My heart will go on and on.”……
3.2 Consonant + Consonant
Same sounds
:stop
Unreleased
Same Sounds: others
Bad desk Good day Book case
Top tea Big deal Handbag
Bus station Fresh shirt Some men
3
My name is Zoe. ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱow old are you? Nice to meet you.”
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
2.warm-up questions
2.1 what is linking?
When we listen to the native speakers’ speech, we hear the end of one word flow straight into the beginning of the next. This phenomenon of joining words together is called linking.
Four ways of linking
t
Consonant +Vowel
Consonant +Consonant
Vowel+ Vowel
/t/’ /d/ + /j/
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
3.1 Consonant+Vowel
C+V
The differences between them
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
3.4 linking between the final /t/, /d/ sound of a word with the initial /j/ sound of the next word.
English Pronunciation & Intonation----Linking
2.2 why do we need to link words?
A
B
C
D
People’s speaking habit
Better communication
Develop good sense of language