A phonological Study of Elision in Standard English and Standard Arabic | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 454-473 | ||
| Author | ||
| AbdAli Nayif Hasan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Elision can be defined as the ''omission of sounds in connected speech '' (Crystal, 2003: 158). In this respect , Underhill(1998 :61 ) indicates that ''elision is a natural result of the speech organs cutting corners in connected speech ,mainly to word boundaries'' . Thus, elision is the characteristic of rapid connected speech. It is used for the sake of making the pronunciation of sounds easy in connected speech. It is possible to elide a single phoneme or a whole syllable as illustrated in the following instances: | ||
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