1. Connected Speech & Phonemic Transcription (IPA)
Lecture A3
Connected Speech & Phonemic Transcription (IPA)

2. Pay close attention…
To the terms used in bold font.

3. Stress A word with more than one syllable is called a polysyllable.
Citation form?
How to write a word to help show pronunciation and stress.
We use the ‘ symbol to as a citation form for stress.
English words that are polysyllabic will have one strong stress.
Try this: manage, final, finality, resolute, resolution, electric, electricity

4. Answers…
manage, final, finality, resolute, resolution, electric, electricity
What patterns do you notice?

5. Word stress Stress in isolated words is termed word stress.
In connected speech sentence stress.
Content words…
Function (also referred to as grammar) words…

6. Strong, weak and contracted forms
Try this: Megan had decided to fetch them from the hospital.
Which words are stressed?
Which are unstressed?
Unstressed (or barely stressed) words are considered a weak form.
Stressed strong form

7. Contracted forms
Content + function words when contracted = contracted form
Contracted forms are often stressed (strong form) even though they contain a function word.
Do not Don’t
Do not touch the monkey.
Don’t touch the monkey.
Contracted forms are linked to spoken speech and informal English.

8. Note:

9. Note:

10. Essential weak forms

11. Contracted…

12. Try this:

13. Phonemic transcription
For a more hands-on look at the rest of the textbook chapter, see the prezi and other links under Lecture A3 on the course homepage.