Obendorfer, Rudolf: Weak Forms in Present-day EnglishThis book gives a description of the use of weak forms in present day English, based on the variety traditionally referred to as RP or Received Pronunciation. In spite of the fact that weakening the pronunciation of a certain number of very common word forms in the language is a very typical feature of English with a long history in English linguistics, the subject has never been given a proper treatment detailed enough to explain the regularities and