Talk a Lot Internet Gill emailed her parents some holiday photos yesterday vowel sound: stressed syllable: content word: no of syllables: function word: connecting sounds: weak forms: features of C.S.: missing/new sound: Gill emailed parents holiday her some W W photos yesterday example(s) with IPA: suffixes: compound nouns: connecting sounds: 10 features of connected speech: consonant sound to consonant sound GLACIER: cv consonant sound to vowel sound Glottal stops an empty space without sound vc vowel sound to consonant sound Linking vv vowel sound to vowel sound Assimilation cc Contraction a word is shortened Intrusion a new sound appears – LàL, LïL, or LêL syllables connect together Elision a sound disappears a sound changes R-linking syllables connect with L\L LêL sound