Prof Francisco Zabala - 2014 Contractions Auxiliary + Negative Adv Aren’t Can’t Couldn’t Daren’t Didn’t Doesn’t Don’t Hadn’t Hasn’t Haven’t Isn’t Mayn’t Mightn’t Mustn’t Needn’t Oughtn’t Shan’t Shouldn’t Wasn’t Weren’t Won’t Wouldn’t !@9ms .!j@9ms .!jTcmÿs .!cd?ms .!cHcmÿs .!cUymÿs .!c?Tms .!gzcmÿs .!gzymÿs .!gzumÿs .!Hymÿs .!ldHms+ !ldH?ms .!l`Hsmÿs .!lUrmÿs .!mh9cmÿs .!N9smÿs .!R@9ms .!RTcmÿs .!vPymÿs .!v29ms .!v?Tms .!vTcmÿs Remember! Weak contractions become strong when they are stressed: She’s nice, not you (Contrast) !Rh9y !m`Hr { !mPs !it9 You’ll forget, but we won’t (Contrast) !it9k e?!fds { a?s !vh9 !v?Tms Pronoun + Auxiliary AM IS HAS ARE HAVE HAD WOULD There’s Pam (Strong – Locative) !Cd?y !ozl There’s a fly in my soup (Existential) C?y ? !ek`H Hm l`H !rt9o Negative contractions are strong because they contain a content word, the adverb not Notice the vowels in the following words: ?T in don’t and won’t (BVP exception) @9 in can’t & shan’t (BVP exception) H?.in we’re d? in they’re N9 in you’re WILL SHALL I’m He’s Here’s How’s It’s She’s That’s There’s What’s When’s Where’s Who’s They’re We’re Who’re You’re I’ve There’ve We’ve Who’ve You’ve He’d `Hl .ghy .gH?y .g`Ty .Hsr .Rhy .Czsr .C?y+ !Cd?y .vPsr .vdmy .vd?y .gty+ !gt9y .Cd? .vH? .gt?+ !gt9? .iN9 .`Hu .C?u .vhu .gtu+ !gt9u .itu .ghc I’d `Hc It’d She’d That’d There’d They’d We’d Who’d You’d He’ll I’ll She’ll That’ll They’ll We’ll What’ll You’ll Who’ll There’ll .Hs?c .Rhc .!Czs?c .C?c .CdHc .vhc .gtc+ !gt9c .itc .ghk .`Hk .Rhk .!Czskÿ .CdHk+ Cd?k .vhk .!vPskÿ .itk .gtk+ !gt9k .C?k Adapted from Avendaño Zúñiga, A &Ortíz Lira, H (1998) Practical English phonetics Santiago de Chile: UMSE