Слайд 1Changes in Consonant Quality
Changes in the Standard
Слайд 21. Voicing and devoicing
Initial lenis [b, d, g] – partially
devoiced.
Final lenis [b, d, g] – voiceless.
[t] in the intervocalic
position is voiced.
[‘betə] – [‘bedə]
Слайд 32. Loss of [h]
In rapid speech the initial [h] is
lost in form words and tends to die out from
the language.
[i wɒnts ɜ tə kʌm]
No loss of [h] in stressed syllables!
Слайд 43. Initial “hw”
Wh-words are pronounced with an initial breath-like sound
[ʍ] instead of [w].
what – [ʍɒt], why – [ʍaı]
Слайд 54. Loss of final [ŋ]
[ın] instead of [ıŋ] at the
ending of a word.
waitin’ – [‘weıtın]
Слайд 65. Spread of “dark” [ł]
This tendency is influenced by the
American pronunciation.
[bɪ’li:v] – [bɪ’łi:v]
Sometimes [l] becomes vocalized.
[‘mɪok]
Слайд 76. Glottal stop
It can appear only in two cases:
as a
realization of syllable-final [t]:
[dəpɑːʔmn̩t]
in certain consonant clusters (“glottal reinforcements”).
Among younger
speakers, it can also be heard finally before vowels or in absolute final position:
[pɪk ɪʔ ʌp], [ɡɛʔ]
Слайд 87. Palatalized final [k’]
It is often heard in such words
as
[wi:k’], [kwık’]
Слайд 98. Linking and intrusive [r]
Linking “r” – an orthographic “r”
pronounced word-finally before a vowel.
summer͜ activities
Intrusive “r” – the sound
“r” inserted before a following vowel even though there is no “r” in spelling.
I saw-r-a film today
Слайд 109. Combinative changes
[tj, dj, sj] → [ʧ, ʤ, ʃ]
[‘æktjʋəl] →
[‘ækʧʋəl]
In the clusters of two stops, where the loss of
plosion is usually observed, each sound is pronounced with audible release.
[‘æk-tıv]
[j] is lost following [l, s, z, n].
[nu:z]
Слайд 1110. Elision, reduction, assimilation
This tendency is reflected in the pronunciation
of the young generation.
have to [‘həftə],
perhaps you [pə’hæpʃu:],
can
[kn], etc.