01/05/2007

Week 8, Oral Blog Entry 5 - Domestic News Headlines

I heard this story on Morning Report on National Radio on Monday April 30th.
There are 6 stories during the report.

The Herald: 2 stories
Dominion Post: 2 stories
the Press: 1 story
Otago Daily Times: 1 story

Well, let's look at the front page, the transcription is "the new drug trial offering hope to the women with the history of miscarriages."

Here are three pronunciations features which I noticed in colour:

Consonant to vowel link:
the new/∂/
Extra linking sounds:
history of /ri/
Weak forms of prepositions, articles, modal verbs, auxiliary verb:
The new drug trail offering hope to women with the history of miscarriages./∂/

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