Lessons and examples

Words and phrases:

I gave her the book /aɪ 'ɡeɪvɚ ðə 'bʊk/

What happened? / wə 'æpən/

I gave her the book /aɪ 'ɡeɪvɚ ðə 'bʊk/

Family /ˈfæmli/
Chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/

I would like to travel a lot /aɪd 'laiktə 'trævəl ɘlot/
There are few trees in the wood. /ðərɚ fju 'tri:z ɪnðə 'wʊd/ 

I don't know what to say  /ai doʊn(t) noʊ wət tə seɪ/
I must have asked it before /aɪ məst ɘv 'æskt ɪt bɪfɔ:r/

Links and Videos:

* Connected Speech

This E-Lecture discusses and exemplifies the consequences of the rhythmic organization of spoken English as a stress-timed language: Assimilation, Elision, Weakening and Liaison. As usual Handke illustrates his arguments by numerous examples from PDE

*  Elision (presentation)

Elision, Historical elision, Present colloquial elision,Word internal vowel elision..  

*  Elision: Sounds disappear

Definition and example.

* Patterns of simplification

Assimilation - Elision - Compression

*Elision (shakespeareswords)

Elision in grammatical words, in word-endings, in lexical words..

* Teaching english

British council (BBC)