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assimilation Flashcards

1
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What is assimilation?

A

It’s when a particular phoneme is realised differently because of being near another speech sound.

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When /t/ is before / m / / b / or / p / what does it change to?

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/p/

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3
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What are speech sound also known as?

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Phonemes

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4
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Many Brown Potatoes acronym for what, what does it affect?

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/m/b/p/= /t/d/n/

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5
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Kinder Giants acronym for what what does it affect?

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k/g/=/t/d/n

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ʃhit jam acronym for what what does it affect?

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/ʃ/ or / j /=/s/z/

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What are phonemes?

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Speech sounds

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When /d/ is before / m / / b / or / p / what does it change to?

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/b/

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When/ n/ is before / m / / b / or / p / what does it change to?

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/m/

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When /t/ is before / k / or /g/ what does it change to?

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k

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When /d/ is before / k / or /g/ what does it change to?

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/g/

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When /n/ is before / k / or /g/ what does it change to?

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/ŋ/

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When /s/ is before /ʃ/ or / j / what does it change to?

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/ʃ/

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When /z/ is before / ʃ / or / j / what does it change to?

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/ʒ/

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When / /θ// is before / s /what does it change to?

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/s/

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16
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When the ‘_s suffix is after a voiceless consonant it’s pronounced as …

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/s/ duck/s/

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17
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When the ‘_s suffix is after a voiced consonant it’s pronounced as ….

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/z/ hen/z/

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18
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What’s the difference in the way these words are pronounced and written using IPA? Loose/Lose….

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One uses voiceless alveolar fricative and the other is voiced alveolar fricative

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19
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How to work out whether a word is strong/weak form?

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Distribution: when word is placed in final sentence position
When a weak form is:
• being contrasted with another word
• given stress for emphasis
• being quoted
• begins with /h/loses that phoneme unless it’s in the initial position with the sentence
Coordinated use of PROPs (to and from /tu: frɒm)

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20
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Words that have both Content/function words belong to which word class?

A

Function-grammer

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21
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What word classes can be strong and weak formed?

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AUX V, PREPS,CONJS

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22
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What are the main weak formed PREPS?

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a/an, and, but,
his (when used before a noun), her,
the, that(when used in a relative clause), than,
your (hardly used at the end

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23
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Weak from of the?

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CONSON=ðə

VOWEL=ðɪ

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24
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Weak form of a/an?

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CONSON=ə

VOWEL=ən

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25
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Weak form of and?

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ən

n̩( sometimes after t,d,s,z, ʃ)

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26
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Weak form of but?

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bət

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27
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Weak form of that?

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ðət (only weak when used in relative clause)

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28
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Strong form of that?

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ðæt (if used to function as a demonstratives)

29
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Weak form of than?

30
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Weak form of his?

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ɪz (when used before a Noun)

31
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Strong form of his?

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hɪz( used at the initial or final position for emphasis)

32
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Weak form of her?

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CONSON=ə
VOWEL=ər
(when used in a possessive sense, before noun or at the end of the sentence)

33
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What are the main PRONS used in weak form:

A

She, he, him, her (add /h/ phoneme if used in sentence initial position), them, us, we, you . Use weak vowels to match with weak form

34
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Strong vowels include?

35
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Weak form of she?

36
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Weak form of he?

37
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Weak form of you?

38
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Weak form of him?

39
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Weak form of her?

40
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Weak form of them?

41
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Weak form of us?

42
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What PROPs and other function words are also affected my strong/weak forms?

A

At, for, from, of, to, as, some, there

43
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Weak form of at?

44
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Weak form of for?

A

CONSON:fə
VOWEL:fər
FWP: fɔː

45
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Weak form of from?

46
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Weak form of of?

47
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Weak form of to?

A

CONSON:tə
VOWEL:tu
FWP: tu/tu:

48
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Weak form of as?

49
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Weak form of some?

A

səm=If used before uncountable N (unspecified amount or before plural N)

50
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weak form of there?

A

CONSON: ðə
VOWEL: ðər
FWP: ðə

51
Q

Strong form of at?

A

=occurs FWP

æt

52
Q

Strong form of for?

A

=occurs FWP

fɔː

53
Q

Strong form of from?

54
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Strong form of of?

55
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Strong form of to?

56
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Strong form of as?

A

æz

=occurs FWP

57
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Strong form of some?

A

=occurs before a countable N and in FWP

sʌm

58
Q

Strong form of there and why would it be strong?

A

=used for demonstrative function
CONSON=ðeə
VOWEL=ðeər
FWP=ðeə

59
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If AUX Verb used in conjuction with FULL Verb what form are they in?

60
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AUX VERBS become___________ when they are used in negative form?

A

Strong form…. They have negative form-NOT added

61
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What can change in negative AUX VERBS compared to their non-negative forms?

A

They may have different vowels

62
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List some AUX VERBS affected by weak and strong forms.

A

Can/could, have/has/had, shall/should, must, do/does, am/are/was/were

63
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What does FWP stand for?

A

Final word position/last thing in the sentence

64
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Weak form of can/could?

A

FWP=kæn/kʊd

65
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Weak form of have/has/had?

A

(h)əv/(h)əz/(h)əd
(with /h/ phoneme if in initial word position start of the sentence)
FWP= hæv/ hæs/ hæd

66
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Weak form of shall/should?

A

ʃəl, ʃl/ ʃəd

FWP= ʃæl/ ʃʊd

67
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Weak form of must?

A

CONSON=məs
VOWEL=məst
FWP=Mʌst if used to form a conclusion

68
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Weak form of do/does?

A

CONSON=/də
VOWEL= duː
WF: dəz
FWP= duː/ dʌz

69
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Weak form of am/are/was/were?

A 
CONSON= əm/ ə/ wə
VOWEL=           ər/ wər/wəz
FWP=       æm/ ɑː /w3:/ /wɒz

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