On this page, you can find a brief explanation and some real examples of the most common phonetic processes that lead to allophonic variation in English, with special emphasis on Standard Southern British English (SSBE).

Real speech examples of t-glottalling

Real speech examples of t-tapping

Real speech examples of frication of /t/

Real speech examples of t-epenthesis

Real speech examples of coalescent assimilation

Real speech examples of linking and intrusive /r/

Real speech examples of smoothing

Real speech examples of th-fronting

You can find exercises to practice connected speech processes (assimilation, juncture, linking and h-dropping) on the AngloTIC website.

Background information about connected speech processes by Peter Roach.