Sounds in the flow of speech

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SOUNDS IN THE FLOW OF SPEECH

LESSON 2

CHECK YOURSELF

Now make sure that you can speak on these items:

1. A phoneme as a language unit.

2. A phoneme as a functional unit of the language.

3. Two types of speech sounds.

Key words and expressions:

the flow of speech, isolated phoneme, allophone, excursion, exposure, recursion, assimilation

In the flow of speech sounds can take considerable changes under the influence of the nabouring sounds. Thus, phonemes in the flow of speech become allophones. Their articulation differs from the complete one of the isolated phonemes.

In articulation of a separate phoneme there are three phases:

§ excursion — the preparation of speech organs before the pronouncing;

§ exposure — the stable position of lips in the process of pronunciation;

§ recursion — when the organs of speech return to their natural position.

But in speech the sounds are interconnected and one of the phases of the previous sound often happens to be the beginning of the next sound’s articulation. Partial or complete change of sound’s articulation in the flow of speech is called assimilation.

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