Question

Weak Forms y

Accepted Answer

in connected speech, function words mostly occur
in this manner, not in their strong forms
(strong forms: forms when words are used in
isolation)

- typically have a reduction of vowel
quality, and sometimes elision of
consonants
- many words have more than one

term	Weak Forms
definition	in connected speech, function words mostly occur in this manner, not in their strong forms (strong forms: forms when words are used in isolation) - typically have a reduction of vowel quality, and sometimes elision of consonants - many words have more than one
Forward	y
Reverse	y

Forms Words Y Weak Connected Speech Function Occur