Connected speech

1. What is connected speech ?

Connected speech is spoken language that's used in a continuous sequence, as in normal conversations also called connected discourse.

There is often a significant difference between the way words are pronounce in isolation and the way they are pronounced in the context of connected speech.

2. What are the features of connected speech, mention it and give the example !

• The features :

1. Linking Sounds
2. Dissapearing Sound
3. Weak Sounds
4. Changing Sounds

• Example :

1. Good girl - goog girl/good boy
2. Ten pounds - tem pounds
3. Good mornin - good mornin
4. Not quite - nok quite
5. So.