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?s message is more prehensible. In addition, the brief pause slows the student down, giving him more time to make lexical, grammatical, and pronunciation choices (Gilbert 1994, Levis and Grant 2022). ? Thought groups are both teachable and learnable. It is found that more proficient Chinese learners used pausing more appropriately than lessproficient learners 74 Prepositional Phrases and Infinitives ? The core rhythm pattern of a prepositional phrase is a weak beat on the preposition followed by a strong beat on the noun: to SCHOOL at HOME in LOVE for JOHN from SPAIN 75 ? Some short prepositions are reduced as well as unstressed in connected speech: Citation Reduced pronunciation pronunciation at /230。t/ /?t/ I think he?s /?t/ home. for /for/ /f?/ John bought the ring /f?/ Mary. 76 Article + Noun ? The core rhythm pattern of an article + noun is: a weak beat (the article) followed by a strong beat a BOOK an EGG the GIFT 77 Personal Pronouns ? Personal pronouns and possessive adjectives are usually unstressed in connected speech. ? Verbs and object pronouns are almost always grouped together. The verb is stressed, and the object pronoun is unstressed 78 Reductions of h in Pronouns amp。 Possessives ? In connected speech, native speakers often drop the /h/ of he, him, his, and her and closely link what remains of the pronoun to the preceding word. ? Whatser name? ? (What?s her name?) ? Thatsiz office/ Thatsaz office. ? (That?s his office. ) ? I toldim. ? (I told him. ) ? What diddy do? ? (What did he do?) 79 Phrasal Verbs ? Native speakers link the words in phrasal verb phrases like pick it up closely Try them 243。n Look it p Watch 243。ut! Get 237。n 80 Conjunctions ? In connected speech, conjunctions are not stressed. 81 ? Citation form Reduced (connected speech) ? when /wen/ /w?n/ Did someone e /w?n/ you called? ? (someone and e when rhyme) ? that /240。230。t/ /240。?t/, I don?t believe /240。?t/ Tom would do ? that. I don?t believe /240。?t/ Alan would do that. ? if /If/ /If/(/?f/) I don?t know /If/ (/?f/) I can go. ? as /230。z/ /?z/ John?s /?z/ hungry /?z/ a bear. ? than /240。230。n/ /240。?n/ The subway is faster /240。?n/ a bus. ? 82 Citation form Reduced (connected speech) when /wen/ /w?n/ Did someone e /w?n/ you called? (someone and e when rhyme) that /240。230。t/ /240。?t/, I don?t believe /240。?t/ Tom would do that. I don?t believe /240。?t/ Alan would do that. if /If/ /If/(/?f/) I don?t know /If/ (/?f/) I can go. as /230。z/ /?z/ John?s /?z/ hungry /?z/ a bear. than /240。230。n/ /240。?n/ The subway is faster /240。?n/ a bus. 83 ? Most classroom topics involving English rhythm target the linking or grouping of words or the difference in length and loudness between stressed (content) words and unstressed (function) words. ? Research shows that these aspects of English pronunciation can be learned by students. It also shows that native listeners of English rely as heavily, and possibly more heavily, on rhythmic cues as they do on appropriately pronounced consonants and vowels. ? Therefore, as students gain skill with the features of rhythm, they improve the prehensibility of their own speech. ? At the same time, their prehension of native speakers improves as they gain familiarity with how words are altered or emphasized in connected speech. 84 English Rhythmic Structure Units 812 Word Stress Sentence Stress Strong forms amp。 Weak forms Linking Rhythm of English Speech 85 ? For a more nativelike rhythm: ? Stress and unstressed syllables ? Longer syllables and shorter ones ? Transition from one word to the next ? Sound change: reduced vowels in unstressed syllables 86 Rhythm and Stress Rhythm and Sound Linking Rhythm and Weak Forms Fluency in prehension Effectiveness in oral munication 87 Thank You ! 《 英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音 》 (國(guó)家精品課程 2022)網(wǎng)站: 《 英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音網(wǎng)絡(luò)課程 》 網(wǎng)站: 《 英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音 》 (國(guó)家精品課程 )網(wǎng)站: 《 英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音網(wǎng)絡(luò)課程 》 網(wǎng)站: