Stress patterns

[Rachel Adams]

Correct.



No. Always count articles.



Yes.



Yes.

''It isn't far''. Isn't just like I'll is counted in the same way, because it has a vowel. Right?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm happy to be corrected on this by a specialist but "I'll" has just one syllable for me. "Isn't" has two.

 

[GoesStation]

I'm happy to be corrected on this by a specialist but "I'll" has just one syllable for me. "Isn't" has two.

I pronounce I'll and aisle the same. Each word has one syllable.

 

[Rachel Adams]

You are correct. It may be produced as two syllables in some dialects, but that is not common.

[FONT=&quot]Do you mean if we count /[/FONT][FONT=&quot]a ɪ l[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/ separately it can be produced as two syllables?

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[GoesStation]

Do you mean if we count /a ɪ l/ separately it can be produced as two syllables?

I wouldn't think about this case, Rachel. For learners' purposes, I'll​ has one syllable.

 

[Rachel Adams]

For learner's purposes? Sorry, what do you mean?

 

[GoesStation]

For learner's purposes? Sorry, what do you mean?

I wrote for learners' purposes, not "for learner's" purposes. Because I put the apostrophe after the s, the sentence means "for the purposes of many learners". If you put the apostrophe before the s, it means "for the purposes of a single learner."

The sentence means that I think learners should only consider the single-syllable pronunciation; that's adequate for their needs or purposes.

 

[jutfrank]

I would think it extremely uncommon for a native speaker to pronounce I'll with two syllables in fluent, rapid speech.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I have two questions only. I don't understand why in ''isn't'' the second vowel is also counted and why the two-syllable version is closer to /ˈaɪ (j)ᵊl/ than to/ˈa (j)ɪl/?:-|