CAN and CAN'T: the importance of Weak Forms
Dr Geoff Lindsey
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Business Inquiries: [email protected] Hi! I want to share the fascination and fun of speech, language and accents, and I'm so grateful to anyone who feels able to support this work via my Patreon. I studied at University College London and got my PhD at the University of California Los Angeles. I've taught at universities including UCL, Edinburgh and Cambridge, published research in many areas, and worked as a forensic analyst. I've given invited lectures and workshops around the world. I wrote the influential 'English After RP' (Palgrave Macmillan), and my blog contains over a hundred audio-illustrated articles. I'm co-editor of the free searchable online pronouncing dictionary CUBE. I've also worked in film and TV as a screenwriter and director. I wrote the screenplay and arranged the music (performed by Lang Lang) for the animated fantasy Magic Piano, which was shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination.
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Join my Discord: https://discord.com/invite/UBWMy5wqZY -- Weak Forms play an ingenious role in many important contrasts of meaning, including can vs. can't 0:00 Introduction 1:33 Homographs: that & that 3:23 have & have 4:53 there & there 6:00 two & to, four & for 7:52 strong forms: citation forms etc. 9:30 off & on 10:52 strong negative, weak positive 13:34 can & can't THANKS to those who feel able to support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/DrGeoffLindsey If you want to speak British English clearly and confidently, I recommend this course from accent coach Luke Nicholson: info: https://improveyouraccent.co.uk/english-pronunciation-course/ sign up: https://course.improveyouraccent.co.uk/register Thumbnail images from Wikimedia Commons: Sean Penn by Azin Zanjani, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license Willem Dafoe by Siebbi, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license Tom Scott by Tom Morris, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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