ENGLISH PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY Week 10

Week 10 – Sounds that Can Disappear Content words vs function words? main (full) verbs (e.g. run, sleep, read); nouns (e.g. Tom, computer, photo); adjectives (e.g. envious, courageous, marvelous, evil, happy); (the majority of) adverbs (e.g. carefully, fast,);

Week 10 – Sounds that Can Disappear Content words vs function words? auxiliary verbs (e.g. is, will, have); modal verbs (e.g. can, may, would); prepositions (e.g. above, to); articles (e.g. a, an, the); conjunctions (e.g. but, and); o pronouns (e.g. his, he).

Week 10 – Sounds that Can Disappear Strong vs weak forms? From: Prodanovic, 2016

Week 10 – Sounds that Can Disappear Silent letters - b, climb - h, when - k, knuckle - s, isle - c, ascend - l, walk - g, reign - t, wrestling - w, written