Title: Linking

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Linking, occurs when word boundaries merge together to ease the shift from one word to another

There are two main types of linking

- catenation: when the last sound of a word is a consonant (C) and the first sound of the next word is a vowel.(V)
example: "what is it?"  /wɒt ɪz ɪt/ --> /wɒ tɪ zɪt/

- intrusion: when an extra sound, either /r/, /w/ or /j/, intrudes between two words

examples:"law and order" /lɔː ənˈɔːdə/ --> /lɔː rənˈɔːdə/

                "blue automobile" /bluː ˈɔːtəməʊbiːl/ --> /bluː ˈwɔːtəməʊbiːl/

                "She answered" /ʃi ˈɑːnsəd/ --> /ʃi ˈjɑːnsəd/