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Linking

This document discusses linking in English pronunciation. It explains that there are two main types of linking: consonant to vowel and vowel to vowel. Consonant to vowel linking involves connecting words that end in a consonant sound to following words that begin with a vowel sound. Vowel to vowel linking inserts a "w" or "y" sound between words that both start and end with vowel sounds. The document also discusses r-linking, which occurs when a syllable ends with certain vowel sounds and the next syllable starts with a vowel. Examples of each type of linking are provided.

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Linking

This document discusses linking in English pronunciation. It explains that there are two main types of linking: consonant to vowel and vowel to vowel. Consonant to vowel linking involves connecting words that end in a consonant sound to following words that begin with a vowel sound. Vowel to vowel linking inserts a "w" or "y" sound between words that both start and end with vowel sounds. The document also discusses r-linking, which occurs when a syllable ends with certain vowel sounds and the next syllable starts with a vowel. Examples of each type of linking are provided.

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LINKING

Ekas Nurastuti Astri Widyasari Ajeng Rifqi N. Dhintan Sofi

11 SASTRA B REGULER

LINKING IN ENGLISH

When we say a sentence in English, we join or "link" words to each other. Because of this linking, the words in a sentence do not always sound the same as when we say them individually. Linking is very important in English. If you recognize and use linking, two things will happen:
you will understand other people more easily other people will understand you more easily

There

are basically two types of linking:


consonant

> vowel (We link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound) vowel > vowel (We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound)

LINKING CONSONANT TO VOWEL


When a word ends in a consonant sound, we often move the consonant sound to the beginning of the next word if it starts with a vowel sound. For example, in the phrase "turn off":We write it like this: turn off We say it like this: tr nf

Remember that it's the sound that matters. In the next example, "have" ends with: the letter "e" (vowel) the sound "v" (consonant)

So we link "have" to the next word "a" which begins with a vowel sound:We write it like this: Can I have a bit of egg? We say it like this: k-na-h-va-b -t -feg?

LINKING VOWEL TO VOWEL

When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, we link the words with a sort of W or Y sound. If our lips are round at the end of the first word, we insert a W sound. We write it like this: too often who is so I do all We say it like this: tu:Wftn hu:Wis sWa dWa:l

R-LINKING
R-linking takes place when a syllable ends with one of the following vowel sounds: /:/, /:/, /:/, //, or any of the diphthongs that finish with a schwa, e.g. /e/, // and //, and the next syllable starts with any vowel sound. This may take place within single words, eg: Care /ke/ Caring /ker/

between word boundaries, e.g. Care about /ker bat/ while a letter 'r' often appears in the spelling of the vowel sounds, this is not always the case. For example, a common orthographic realisation of /:/ is [aw], e.g. saw, draw, paw, similarly the schwa, // has spellings that don't include 'r, eg:

Draw all the flowers /dr:r :l flaz/ There's a comma after that /z kmr :ft t/ Australia or New Zealand /strelr : nju: zi:ln d/

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