Appealing to students as well as scholars, this book is a collection of entries in a phonetics blog written by a world-renowned phonetician. The book will certainly answer some pronunciation questions that you have been pondering. Part 2 explains various aspects in connected speech with lively examples, helping you understand the necessary pronunciation changes for connecting words in speech. You will also learn how intonation may change a sentence meaning in Part 4.
Highlights include "assimilation" (2.1), "internal intrusive r" (2.2), "homographs" (2.48), "unaspirated /p t k/" (3.11), "fall-rise or fall plus rise?" (4.6), and "Are you asking me or telling me" (4.23).