elision

Lecture No.13
Elision
Elision is a characteristic of a rapid, casual speech. It refers to the omision of sounds. This can be illustrated in the followi8ng examples:
1.the short vowel /?/ is omitted after /p,t,k/:
Potato/p?teit?u/ /ph teit?u/ , today /t?dei/ /t hdei/ , canary /k?ne?ri/ /kh ne?ri/.
2.the short vowel /?/ before syllabic consonants such as /n, l, r/ is elided:
Tonight /t?nait/ /tnait/, police /p?li:s/ /pli:s/, correct /k?rekt/ /krekt/
3. The middle plosive is omitted in the consonant cluster of three plosives or two plosives plus a fricative:
Acts /?kts/ /?ks/, looked back /lukt b?k/ /luk b?k/, scripts /skripts/ /scrips/.
4.The consonant /v/ in the word of is elided before consonants:
Lots of them /lots ?v ??m/ /lots ? ??m/
Waste of money /weis ?v m?ni/ /weist ? m?ni/
5. had and would , spelt d are pronounced /d/ after vowels and /?d/ after consonants.
6. .is and has , spelt s are pronounced /s/ after voiceless consonants, /z/ after voiced consonants. Is which is spelt s is pronounced /iz/ after /s,z,?, ?, ?, ? /. has is pronounced /?z/ after such consonants in contracted form.
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