What is the linguistic term for...?

Question

In English, when words ending in a consonant sound are followed by a words starting with a vowel sound, the consonant is linked to the vowel, e.g. 'can I' is pronounced 'ca-ni'

What is the proper linguistic term for the linking?

In French this is called liaison but I am not sure if this term is used for English. Elision is the omission of a sound but in this instance the sound is not omitted - simply linked to the start of the next word. For example 'Can I have a bit of it?' sound like 'ca ni ha va bi to fit' Can you use the term liaison for this in English?

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

"Liason" is usually used only to describe this phenomenon in French, so I wouldn't use that word to describe it in English. I often use the term "linking" to talk about this phenomenon with other linguists and people seem to know what I'm talking about. The previous answerer is probably right that "liason" could be used as well. Liason is a pretty well-known thing among linguists; I think every phonology student learns about it, pretty much.

"Elision" is an entirely different thing from what you're talking about, so don't use that. I think the previous answerer didn't understand your question.

EDIT: After reading fidget's answer, I have realized that there is a difference between liason in French and the English phenomenon you are talking about. In French, sounds appear that wouldn't be there otherwise. However, in English, there are no new sounds, but the word is syllabified differently. So I'll stick with my original term: "linking".

Answer 2

Having done some further research I'll change my mind and go for liaison which is a term from French which is also used in English.

Liaison is the phenomenon of extra sounds appearing in a string of words which wouldn't be there if the words were pronounced individually. eg "car" said with an RP accent lacks the /r/ but in the sentence "The car is in the garage" the /r/ is pronounced in order to separate the two vowel sounds.

Elision is more when something is left out as in "secretary" being reduced to 3 syllables.


These terms (and others) are explored in depth in

http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~llsroach/encyc.pdf

which is probably a better source than wikipedia for this subject.

Answer 3

YOur example is not the best.
There is in fact no term for the explanation you have given. Your explanation is either non-existent or contains an error in understanding.

When there is a linking in the English language its generally called :
ELISION

Elision is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase, producing a result that is easier for the speaker to pronounce. Sometimes, sounds may be elided for euphonic effect.

Elision is normally unintentional, but it may be deliberate. The result may be impressionistically described as "slurred" or "muted."

The elided form of a word or phrase may become a standard alternative for the full form, if used often enough. In English, this is called a contraction, such as can't from cannot. Contraction differs from elision in that contractions are set forms that have morphologized, but elisions are not.

A synonym for elision is syncope. This term is most often associated with the elision of vowels between consonants (e.g., Latin tabula → Spanish tabla). Another form of elision is aphesis, which means elision at the beginning of a word (generally of an unstressed vowel).

The opposite of elision is epenthesis, whereby sounds are inserted into a word to ease pronunciation.

English
Examples of elision in English (in IPA):

comfortable: the 2nd "o" is not pronounced
fifth, (the wnd "f" is silent)
laboratory,(the last 2syllableS are pronounced as ONE = tory is pronounced tree
other examples are = temperature,vegetable...all of these have "silent" sounds.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

elocution - syntax - enunciation - pronunciation - semantics - edification - nullification - fleecing - notification - euphemism - grammar - denunciation - renunciation - annunciation

Answer 8

I think it's 'Phonetics'.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonetics

Thanks 'fidget', I think you may be correct.

For 'Elision' see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elision

Answer 9

Phonics...

Answer 10

phonetics or how the word is said phonetically