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This video covers assimilation, elision, weakening, and liaison (linking and intrusion). The other videos are meant for students but this video is meant for linguistic students. Would a linguist promise that they can help you sound like a native? Unless you've been speaking a foreign language since you were a young child, you'll never sound like a native. (17 mins)

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Intrusion is another way of linking words together. As is suggests, intrusion means another sound intrudes between the gaps between words. As with catenation, it leads to more fluid speech. In catenation consonants link to vowels but in intrusion vowels link with vowels. In rhotic accents such as the Irish and American accents you will link naturally i one word ends in /r/ and the next word begins with a vowel. We also use /r/ to link when one word ends in /aw/ and the next word begins with a vowel. There are examples of this in this video. (10 mins)

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Sound Like A Native English Speaker | Pronunciation Masterclass PART TWO

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Catenation is the linking between words. Linking words together leads to more fluid speech. It helps students to lose that staccato quality when they speak. (3 mins)

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👄 Tim's pronunciation workshop: Consonant - vowel linking

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In this example of assimilation the two sounds join together to make a completely different sound. This is common in questions and tags with can’t, don’t, couldn’t etc. when they are followed by 'you'. /d/ followed by /j/ also assimilates to a different sound. Can you guess what it is? Hint, /t/ is unvoiced and /d/ is voiced. (4 mins)

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Pronunciation: Assimilation of /t/ and /j/

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This is another example of assimilation. Instead of making a new sound the second sound absorbs the first sound. This also happens with /n/ and /m/ as in 'ten men', /d/ and /g/ as in 'good girl'. (4 mins)

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👄 Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /t/ and /p/

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Weak forms are the key to the rhythm of English. Most weak forms involve the Schwa. They are the reason some speakers of other languages say that native English speakers tend to swallow their words. It is also often the reason students find listening difficult. (14 mins)

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Weak Forms - How to Pronounce Weak Forms in English