Week 5: Linking in English

Linking in English

You may be wondering what "linking" in English is, so to give you a simple definition of what linking implies, let's consider the following facts:

1. Linking is a natural process that takes place in any language because no single speaker speaks word by word.
2. Linking is used to make your speech (your way of speaking) more fluent, and consequently, to avoid being choppy (speaking word by word).
3. Linking can be applied to a minimum of two words in a row, but let us remember that a whole sentence can be actually linked, i.e., "She's an electrical engineer." (All words are linked to the following.)
4. Linking is not an optional rule that needs to be applied; it is mandatory. Otherwise, your speech fluency will be affected when reading or speaking.

To conclude with this introduction, what's linking? "It is the process of joining words together to make one's speech fluent and more natural. And it is a natural process in which a minimum of two words get to be pronounced as if they were one."

Rules on Linking, Practices, and Self-Quizzes

Sound-Spelling Pattern for linking

http://www.evaeaston.com/linking-pattern.html

Sound-Spelling Pattern: Consonant Sound + Vowel sound

http://www.evaeaston.com/linking-pat-cv.html

Sound-Spelling Pattern: /w/ & /y/ + Vowel Sound

http://www.evaeaston.com/linking-pat-wy.html

Sound-Spelling Pattern: Consonant Sound + Same Consonant Sound

http://www.evaeaston.com/linking-pat-cc.html

Consonant Sound: Voiceless /tʃ/

http://evaeaston.com/ch-dzh-link-ch.html

Quizzes

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