The modifications of English sounds in speech
The Phonological Analysis of English Speech Sounds In connected speech a sound is generally modified 1) by the neighbouring sounds; 2) by its position in a word or a phrase; 3) by prosodic features: stress, melody, the tempo of speech Methods of phonological analysis The rules to determine the phonemic status of a sound of a complex nature : A phoneme is indivisible as no syllable division can occur within it. A phoneme is produced by one articulatory effort. The duration of a phoneme should not exceed that of other phonemes in the language.