ABSTRACT
The following features are of a different type from those treated so far. Phonemes are realised in particular ways and are combined in particular orders to form words. This is relatively straightforward for learners. When it comes to features of connected speech, however, it can’t be said that these phenomena absolutely must occur in the contexts described, but only that they very commonly do; this raises the question of whether the learner should attempt to imitate these patterns of native speech.
