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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

whats the meaning of reduced syllable?? someone could help me??
  

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A reduced syllable is when the stress of its vowel is so slight that it is barely heard. /. A large number of unstressed vowels in English "reduce to schwa".

— Philip

  • A reduced syllable is when the stress of its vowel is so slight that it is barely heard.
  • /.
  • A large number of unstressed vowels in English "reduce to schwa".
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A reduced syllable is when the stress of its vowel is so slight that it is barely heard. He read the book: when spoken, the vowel in the is reduced to what is called schwa, represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by /?/. A large number of unstressed vowels in English "reduce to schwa".
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Anonymousreduced syllable
Any syllable whose vowel is not said with its full value but is said somewhat indistinctly.

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