Connected Speech in English

Connected Speech in English Connected Speech in English The first thing to understand about speaking English naturally is that it is very different from speaking English clearly. In English, words bump into each other. We reduce words when we’re speaking, contract them, and then mash them together. That’s what connected speech is: it’s continuous spoken language like you’d hear in a normal conversation. It’s called connected speech because the words are all connected, with sounds from one running into the next. Types of Connected Speech Catenation (Linking) A consonant sound at the end of one word gets attached to the first vowel sound at the beginning of the following word. For example: "an apple" becomes "anapple". trip over - tripover hang out - hangout clean up - cleanup get in - getin go out - gout take off - takeoff Intrusion An extra sound (/w/, /r/, or /j/) is added between two words that end and begin with vowel sounds. For example: "he asked" becomes "…