01180nas a2200121   4500008004100000245019700041210012500238300001100363490000700374520058500381100003300966856005900999       1991                        eng d00aВлияние на фрикативните съгласни върху сандхиалната елизия на маркера за минало време в английския език0 aВлияние на фрикативните съгласни върху сандхиалната елизия на ма  a9–140 v163 aThe article presents an experimental study of the influence of the voiceless fricatives [s, f, S] on the sandhi elision of [t] in the past tense of English regular verbs. The results of the experiment show that such elision is very frequent. In most of the cases (over 80%) the past tense marker is elided and the pronunciation of the past tense verb form is homonymous with that of the present tense form. Since such elision affects the perception of the past tense by Bulgarian learners, the experimental results should be taken into account when teaching English to Bulgarians.1 aАндреева, Райна  uhttp://www.scripta-bulgarica.eu/bg/biblio/andreeva1991