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    Weak and Strong Forms LIST

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    The document summarizes the weak and strong forms of various parts of speech in English, including determiners, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and auxiliaries. For each part of speech, it provides the orthography, strong forms, and weak forms. In general, weak forms are less likely to occur in sentence-final position or in emphatic speech.

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    The document summarizes the weak and strong forms of various parts of speech in English, including determiners, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and auxiliaries. For each part of speech, it provides the orthography, strong forms, and weak forms. In general, weak forms are less likely to occur in sentence-final position or in emphatic speech.

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    The document summarizes the weak and strong forms of various parts of speech in English, including determiners, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and auxiliaries. For each part of speech, it provides the orthography, strong forms, and weak forms. In general, weak forms are less likely to occur in sentence-final position or in emphatic speech.

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    Weak and Strong Forms LIST

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    The document summarizes the weak and strong forms of various parts of speech in English, including determiners, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and auxiliaries. For each part of speech, it provides the orthography, strong forms, and weak forms. In general, weak forms are less likely to occur in sentence-final position or in emphatic speech.

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    The following tables are based on Roach, 2000, with slight modifications/additions.

    In general, weak forms do tend not to occur in sentence-final position or in


    contrastive/emphatic use.

    Determiners/Quantifiers
    orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)
    the ði: ðɪ, ðə
    a/an eɪ, an ə, ən
    some sʌm səm, sm̩

    Pronouns
    orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)
    his hɪz ɪz
    him hɪm ɪm
    her hɜ: ə
    you ju: jʊ, jə
    your jo: jə
    she ʃi: ʃɪ
    he hi: ɪ
    we wi: wɪ
    them ðem ðəm, əm
    us ʌs əs, s

    Prepositions/‘Particles’
    orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)
    than ðan ðən
    at at ət
    for fo: fə
    from frɒm frəm, fəm, fm̩
    of ɒv əv, v
    to tu: tə, tʊ
    as az əz, z
    there ðeə ðə

    Conjunctions
    orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)
    and and ənd, ən, n̩d, n̩
    but bʌt bət
    that ðat ðət

    Auxiliaries
    orthography strong form(s) weak form(s)
    can kan kən, kn̩
    could kʊd kəd
    have hav əv, v
    has haz əz, z
    had had əd, d
    will wɪl l
    shall ʃal ʃəl, ʃl, l
    should ʃʊd ʃəd
    must mʌst məs, məst
    do du: də, d
    does dʌz dəz, z
    am am əm, m̩
    are ɑ: ə
    was wɒz wəz
    were wɜ: wə

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