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Linking R and Intrusive R

The document discusses two pronunciation techniques in English - linking R and intrusive R. Linking R refers to pronouncing the R sound in words ending in a vowel when the following word begins with a vowel, like "her eyes". Intrusive R involves adding an imaginary R sound between words ending in a vowel and the next word starting with a vowel, such as "media event". The document provides examples of words demonstrating these techniques and a short practice test.

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Linking R and Intrusive R

The document discusses two pronunciation techniques in English - linking R and intrusive R. Linking R refers to pronouncing the R sound in words ending in a vowel when the following word begins with a vowel, like "her eyes". Intrusive R involves adding an imaginary R sound between words ending in a vowel and the next word starting with a vowel, such as "media event". The document provides examples of words demonstrating these techniques and a short practice test.

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Linking R

In normal cases, most of the English words that end with R preceded by a vowel always lack
the sound R. For example, the word ‘her’ would be pronounced as hə. The word lacks the sound ‘r’
though the sentence has an ‘r’ in its structure. However, there is only one exception to this, and that
is when the following word begins with a vowel sound, and in this case, we do pronounce it, as it
helps us link the two words together. This pronunciation technique is known as the Linking R.

Example:

 Her eyes

This sentence would have ‘r’ in the word her when pronounced in non-rhotic English. It would come
out as /Həraiz/ instead of /Hə aiz/.

 Where are you? /weər a: ju:/


 More and more funny /mɔːr ən mɔː ‘fʌni/
 I have four eggs
 Harder and harder

Intrusive R

In a similar way, we sometimes add an imaginary 'r' sound, even when there isn't an 'r' in their
written structure. This pronunciation technique is known as the Intrusive R. Again, we do this to
speak more fluently and to make one word transition more easily into the next.

When a word ends in a vowel (/iə/, /ə/, /əʊ/, /a:/, /ɔː/), and the next word begins with another
vowel, native English speakers add an /r/ to join the two words.

Ex:

 Media event
 I saw a great film last night.
 The United States of America [r] is a big country.
 Donna [r] and her mother.
 A banana [r] is a yellow fruit.
 Pamela [r] Anderson.
 I want to visit China [r] and Vietnam.

Practice excercises

What is the pronunciation of these words after assimilation?

1. That person

A. ðæp pɜːsn

B. ðæt pɜːsn

C. ðæd pɜːsn

D. ðæb pɜːsn

2. Good night

A. gʊnaɪt
B. gʊm naɪt

C. gʊn naɪt

D. gʊŋ naɪt

3. This shoes

A. ðɪsʃuː

B. ɪtsʃʃuː

C. ðɪʃ ʃuː

D. ðɪsʃʃuː

classify in which cases you can use linking sound.

The car was mine.

The car R is mine

Can we cure cancer?

Can we cure R it?

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