Elision in consonants clusters.

Elision of [t, d, b]

Elision means the dropping of a sound or sounds, either within a word or at £ junction of words. Elision is a feature of rapid colloquial speech, while formal speech tends to retain the full form of words under the influence of spelling.

One of the most typical examples of elision is the omission of [t] or [d] between two other consonants: friends [frenz], mostly [maush]. Another example is the elision of [h] in pronouns and auxiliaries. Pronouns with the initial [h] and the auxiliaries "have, has, had" commonly lose [h] when they are unstressed within an utterance, [h] is pronounced in these words when they are initial in an utterance or when they are stressed:

The people have gone. She gave him his breakfast. It took him half an hour, [it 'tuk im 'ha:f эп ^хаиэ] But: He is going away

It must be remembered that elisions of consonants in consonant clusters are not always permissible. In general, clusters of two identical consonants at a word junction must not be reduced by elision. The two consonants should be run togetner smootnly without a break.

what time

with this

a clean knife

The elision of one of the two consonants (not identical as a rule) sometimes occurs in very rapid speech but it is usually characterized as a vulgarism.**

he went away

give me a cake

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