4. …is a word that refers to the
length of time between each
major "beat", or accent, such as
in a piece of music The first
beat of a group of regular,
evenly spaced beats feels
stronger than the others
Rhythm
I bought a blue car
5. English has Rhythm
Like the heart-beat, the flashing light or the
piece of music, English also has rhythm
‘Walk ‘down the ‘path to the ‘end of the ca ‘nal
6. Stress – Time Rhythm Theory
The Times from each stress syllable to the
next will tend to be the Same, irrespective
of the number of intervening unstressed
syllables.
‘Walk ‘down the ‘path to the ‘end of the ca ‘nal
7. Unit of Rhythm :‘Foot’
A foot begins with a
stress syllable & includes all
following unstressed syllables up to
( but not including ) the following
stress syllable.
10. …is the merging of multiple words together
until they sound as if they are only one word
team mate = teammate
turn around = turnaround
Save it = Save It = savit
Linking
11. Vowel + Vowel
When a word ends with a vowel and its following word
begins with a vowel:
add /y/ or /w/ sound between them.
She is ---> She yiz
I’m ---> I/y/ am
Rule 1
12. If a word ends with the sound "hit," "heed,"
"hide," "hay," or "ahoy," and the next words
begins with any vowel sound, the words
are linked with a "y".
They are
I Answer
Enjoy it
The- yar
I -yanswered
Enjoy-yit
13. Vowel + Vowel
.
Doing ---> Do wing
When one word ending with U ,u: or O, ɔ: or aʊ and
the next word begin with other vowels , we add / W /
Between two words when pronuce them
Rule 1
To Atlanta = to watlanta
14. Go in Go-win
How old How -wodd
You are You - yar
How ordinary How -wordinary
15. When the same consonant sound is found at the
end of the first word and the beginning of the
next word: pronounce them as one long sound
Team m = teammate
Consonants + Consonants
.
that time = thattime
Rule 2
16. When the first word ends with a consonant and
the next word begins with a vowel, make the
consonant sound part of the second word.
Look up = loo-kup
Rule 3Consonants + Vowel
Travel on = trave-lon