Chapter2WordConnectionsInAmericanEnglish,wordsarenotpronouncedonebyone.Usually,theendofonewordattachestothebeginningofthenextword.Thisisalsotrueforinitials,numbers,andspelling.***Wordsareconnectedinfourmainsituations:1.Consonant/Vowel2.Consonant/Consonant3.Vowel/Vowel4.T,D,S,orZ+YLiaisonRule1:Consonant/VowelWordsareconnectedwhenawordendsinaconsonantsoundandthenextwordstartswithavowelsound,includingthesemivowelsW,Y,andR.Exercise2-2:WordConnectionsExercise2-3:SpellingandNumberConnectionsCD2Track38Exercise2-4:Consonant/VowelLiaisonPracticeCD2Track39LiaisonRule2:Consonant/ConsonantWordsareconnectedwhenawordendsinaconsonantsoundandthenextwordstartswithaconsonantthatisinasimilarposition.4 Exercise2-6:Consonant/ConsonantLiaisonsCD2Track41Exercise2-8:Consonant/ConsonantLiaisonPracticeCD2Track43LiaisonRule3:Vowel/VowelCD2Track44Whenawordendinginavowelsoundisnexttoonebeginningwithavowelsound,theyareconnectedwithaglidebetweenthetwovowels.Aglideiseitheraslight[j]soundoraslight[w]sound.Thepositionofyourlipsareinwilldictateeither[j]or[w].Exercise2-9:Vowel/VowelLiaisonPractice4 LiasonRule4:T,D,S,orZ+YExercise2-10:CD2Track454 Exercise2-11:T,D,S,orZ+YLiaisonPracticeCD2Track464