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chapter 11.9: vowel sound changes. Vowels are fundamentally different from consonants in several ways that affect how they can change. First, all vowels are voiced, so there cannot be a change in voicing. Second, all vowels are said in the same manner, so there cannot be changes in manner either.
An example of the low back vowel [a] reducing to a schwa is in the word “object.” As a noun, the first syllable is stressed and sounds like . When the word is used as a verb, however, the stress moves to the second syllable. The first syllable of the verb is unstressed and sounds like a schwa . Word Reductions
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Word Stress. First, word stress determines which vowels in a word will be pronounced with a clear vowel vs. schwa. Second, word stress impacts the pronunciation of consonants: the unvoiced stop consonants /t/, /p/ and /k/ are pronounced in English with aspiration either initially or in stressed syllables, but without aspiration in non-initial ...
- Timothy Kochem, Monica Ghosh, Lily Compton, Elena Cotos
- 2020
Feb 28, 2017 · So the vowel in a stressed syllable is likely to have a fuller, clearer more obvious quality, while vowel/s in unstressed syllables are likely to have a reduced, less distinct quality, to the extent of frequently change the vowel itself.
Unreduced short vowels: /ɛ/ in the final syllable of document when used as a verb (compare the /ə/ heard when the word is used as a noun); /æ/ in the first syllable of ambition; /ɒ/ in the second syllable of neon; /ʌ/ in words with the negative prefix un-, such as unknown (compare /ə/ in until).
Phrasal verbs. If you have a verb plus an adverb, then the adverb is stressed: Verb + Adverb. put on; look up; wash out; http://www.aepronunciation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/11-19.mp3. However, this may change if the verb takes an object.
The two vowels [ʌ] [i] form the two nuclei of the syllables; there’s no onset for the first syllable, and no coda for the second syllable. So there are three logical possibilities for these middle consonants [ɡl] — they could both be the coda; they could both be the onset; or they could split the difference.
