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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What is a reduced syllable?

Hello I have a confuse

what is the difference between a reduce syllable and reduce vowel
  

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I'm not sure I can answer your question, but I can tell you this. In English, most unaccented vowels "reduce to schwa ", that is the sound in unaccented 'th e '. This would, by its very nature, reduce the syllable, but I've never heard of it called this.

  • I'm not sure I can answer your question, but I can tell you this.
  • In English, most unaccented vowels "reduce to schwa ", that is the sound in unaccented 'th e '.
  • This would, by its very nature, reduce the syllable, but I've never heard of it called this.
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I'm not sure I can answer your question, but I can tell you this.

In English, most unaccented vowels "reduce to schwa", that is the sound in unaccented 'the'. This would, by its very nature, reduce the syllable, but I've never heard of it called this.

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