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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Are there any rules for Schwa
Firstly, I love this forum,
Secondly, I would like to know whether there are any rules or guidlines to help us know whether a vowel in a word is schwa. i.e pronounced lightly; or do we have to resort to dictionaries.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards ..
Secondly, I would like to know whether there are any rules or guidlines to help us know whether a vowel in a word is schwa. i.e pronounced lightly; or do we have to resort to dictionaries.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards ..
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In American English, many unstressed vowels become schwas. g. kon sound in conservative (con pronounced with a schwa).
- In American English, many unstressed vowels become schwas.
- g.
- kon sound in conservative (con pronounced with a schwa).
- FYI: In American English, the stress tends to be on the second syllable.
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In American English, many unstressed vowels become schwas.
e.g. kon sound in conservative (con pronounced with a schwa).
FYI: In American English, the stress tends to be on the second syllable.
e.g. kon sound in conservative (con pronounced with a schwa).
FYI: In American English, the stress tends to be on the second syllable.
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If there are any rules I suspect they are long and/or complicated. Rely on the dictionary if you are not sure. The more English you know the more you will be able to "guess" correctly. It is also important to realise that a word may be pronounced differently according to whether the speaker wishes to emphasise the word or is speaking carefully on the one hand or is speaking informally on the othe
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As mentioned above, there are rules and guidelines, but they are complicated.
In general all unstressed syllables are pronounced as schwas.
But that presumes you know which syllables carry the stress, so the whole thing gets a bit circular!
Example: pho - to'' graph - er' The vowels in thesyllables pho and graph are schwas.
pho'' to - grap
In general all unstressed syllables are pronounced as schwas.
But that presumes you know which syllables carry the stress, so the whole thing gets a bit circular!
Example: pho - to'' graph - er' The vowels in thesyllables pho and graph are schwas.
pho'' to - grap
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schwa - ?
correction: k?n as in conservative. (the schwa can only be viewed in unicode)
Clarify: in American English, the stress tends to be on the second syllabus for a word with 4 syllables or more.
correction: k?n as in conservative. (the schwa can only be viewed in unicode)
Clarify: in American English, the stress tends to be on the second syllabus for a word with 4 syllables or more.
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