连读、加音、爆破、同化、省音、弱读、浊化
——英语常见语流现象
1. 连读:
两个相邻单词首尾音素自然的拼读在一起,中间不停顿,被称为连读。连读只发生在同一意群之内,即意思联系紧密的短语或从句之内。 1)词尾辅音+词首元音,如: Stand?up. Not?at?all.
Put?it?on, please. Please pick?it?up. I'm?an?English boy. It?is?an?old book.
Let me have?a look?at?it. Ms Black worked in?an?office. I called you half?an?hour?ago.
2)词尾不发音r或re+词首元音,词尾r发音/r/。如: far?away
Here?is a letter for you. Here?are four?eggs. Where?is my cup?
Where?are your brother?and sister? They're my father?and mother. I looked for?it here?and there. There?is a football under?it.
There?are some books on the desk.
注:当有意群进行停顿时不可连读。如:
Is?it a hat or?a cat?(hat 与or 之间不可以连读)
There?is?a good book in my desk.(book 与in 之间不可以连读) Can you speak?English or French?(English 与or 之间不可以连读)
Shall we meet at?eight or ten tomorrow morning? (meet 与 at eight 与or 之间不可以连读) She opened the door and walked?in. (door 与and 之间不可以连读)
英语的连读主要可分为三个大类:“辅音+元音连读”、“辅音+辅音连读”和“元音+元音连读”。下面咱们来分别看一下:
1、辅音+元音
定义:在同一个意群中,如果相邻的两个单词中的前一个以辅音音素结尾,后一个以元音音素开头,这时就要把辅音和元音连起来拼读。这部分可以说是英语中最常见也是我们中国的学生最熟悉的一类连读了,
无论是在英语歌曲中还是在各类演讲中,都大量存在着“辅元连读”,给大家看几个“栗子”吧。(“~”为连读符号)
Not~at~all (这就是著名的“闹太套”) Take~it~easy Put~it~on
在辅音+元音型连读中有一类连读特别容易被大家忽略,就是“ r/re + 元音”型连读:如果一个词是以 -r 或 –re 结尾,后一个词是以元音开头,这时的 r 获 re 不但要发 /r/ 音,还要和后面的元音进行连读。
They’re my father~and mother. I looked for~it here~and there. There~is a football under~it. There~are some books on the desk. Here~is a letter for you.
2、辅音+辅音
这个类型的连读主要是指音的同化。音的同化也是一种连读的现象,两个词之间非常平滑的过渡,导致一个音受临音影响而变化。主要是以下几种方式:
a **当第一个单词以 [ t ] 结尾,紧接着一个单词以 [ j ] 开头,则变音读 [ t?] ** 如:
next year 要读成 [ nekst?i?] last year 要读成 [ la:st?i? ]
b 当第一个单词以 [ d ] 结尾,紧接着一个单词以 [ j ] 开头,则变音读 [ d? ] 如:
would you 要读成 [ wud?u ] could you 要读成 [ kud?u ]
c 当第一个单词以 [ s ] 结尾,紧接着一个单词以 [ j ] 开头,则变音读 [ ? ] 如:
I miss you 要读成 [a? m??u] this year 要读成 [e???r]
God bless you 要读成 [ɡɑd bl??u]
d 当第一个单词以 [ z ] 结尾,紧接着一个单词以 [ j ] 开头,则变音读 [ ? ] 如:
Who's your friend? 要读成 [hu:??r fr?nd] Where's your home? 要读成 [wε???r hom]
3、元音+元音
元音与元音之间的连读是大家非常容易忽略的一点,因为在我们的英语学习中,很少有老师会教给我们如何来进行元音与元音之间的连读。然而,元音之间的连读可以使元音音节之间的过渡变的自然、流畅,读起来朗朗上口。
元音与元音之间的连读实质上是在元音和元音之间插入半元音 /j/ 或 /w/,连读规则如下:
a 前面的单词以元音 [e] 或 [i ]结尾,紧随其后的单词以元音开头,这时,在两个单词之间出现半元音 [j] 作为过渡。 be [j] on time
weigh [j] it up play [j] around flew [j] out the [j] early bird I [j] am any [j] other try [j] again
b 前面的单词以 [u] 或 [o] 结尾,紧随其后的单词以元音开头,这时,在两个单词之间出现半元音 [w] 作为过渡。 blue [w] on top knew [w] it you [w] are too [w] often go [w] on throw [w] away no [w] end blew [w] away go [w] away
who [w] else 2. 3. 加音:
在连贯的语流中,人们往往会在两个元音之间加入一个外加音帮助发音,从而更加流畅地表达意思。 1) 词尾元音/?,u:/+词首元音在词尾加上一个轻微的/w/。 Go w away.
How w and why did you come here?
The question is too w easy for him to answer. 2) 词尾元音/?,i:/+词首元音在词尾加上一个轻微的/j/。如: I j am Chinese. She can't carry j it. I j also need the j other one. He j is very friendly to me. She wants to study j English.
It'll take you three j hours to walk there. 3. 失去爆破与不完全爆破: 1)失去爆破:爆破音+爆破音
当两个爆破音/p,b,t,d,k,g/相邻时,前一个爆破音只按其发音部位做好发音口形、形成阻碍而不爆破出来,稍微停顿后即发出后面的辅音。前一个爆破音被称为失去爆破。失去爆破产生的原因大体上是由于省力原则造成的。如: Kept/Blackboard/Notebook/Goodbye/September/Suitcase/Big boy/Sharp pencil What time You must pay.
Ask Bob to sit behind me.
She took good care of the children. 2)不完全爆破: A)爆破音+摩擦音:
爆破音/p,b,t,d,k,g/与摩擦音/f,v,s,z,?,?,θ,e,r,h/相邻时产生不完全爆破。发摩擦音时发音器官并不形成阻碍而只形成一个很狭小的缝隙让气流从缝隙中摩擦而出。如果一个爆破音与摩擦音相接它爆破冲出的气流只
能从狭小的缝隙中通过这种爆破是不完全的。失去爆破产生的原因大体上是由于省力原则造成的。如: Advance/Success A good view Old friends Just then Get through Make sure Night show Keep silence Keep that in mind B)爆破音+破擦音:
爆破音与破擦音/t?,d?,tr,dr/相邻时产生不完全爆破。如Picture/Object That child Good job