Exercício de Fonologia - Glad You Came
Exercício de Fonologia - Glad You Came
1. Listen to the following song and identify the phonological phenomena related to connected speech:
1. Notice the pronunciation of the articles the and a/an in the song. Are they fully pronounced? What other words have
been reduced?
2. Notice how words are spoken in English. They are not spoken isolatedly. They are uttered in chunks. Check the
examples below. See if you can find any other ones and practice linking with them.
1 The sun goes down
8 You cast a spell on me
17 Can you spend a little time,
18 Time is slipping away,
3. Notice what happened to the following words when they are together. Is this a phonological rule in English? What
rule can you deduce from that?
I. 3 And all that counts /
13 Turn the lights out now /
18 Time is slipping away /
20 Stay with me I can make /
What is assimilation?
What is coalescence?