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36: 1779:– syllabic consonants are also included in this category), and those that contain full (unreduced) vowels, despite being unstressed. This approach is taken by linguists such as Ladefoged and Bolinger, who thus consider that there are two "tiers" of vowels in English, full and reduced. The reduced/unreduced distinction is regarded as one of vowel quality not involving any difference in stress. (This contrasts with analyses that ascribe secondary or tertiary stress to syllables with unreduced vowels.) 3430: 807: 514: 799: 506: 1590:(as for example when a lexicographer determines which syllables are stressed) acquires this additional tonic stress, it may appear to be inherent in the word itself rather than derived from the utterance in which the word occurs. (The tonic stress may also occur elsewhere than on the final stressed syllable, if the speaker uses contrasting or other 1766:
As described in the section above, the binary account explains the distinction observed between "primary" and "secondary" stress as resulting from the prosodic, tonic stress that naturally falls on the final stressed syllable in a unit. It also recognizes the distinction between unstressed syllables
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stress. They report that often the alleged secondary (or tertiary) stress in English is not characterized by the increase in respiratory activity normally associated with primary stress in English or with all stress in other languages. In their analysis, an English syllable may be either stressed or
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The following table summarizes the relationships between the aforementioned analyses of levels of stress in English: Ladefoged's binary account (which recognizes only one level of lexical stress), a quaternary account (which recognizes primary, secondary and tertiary stress), and typical dictionary
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Moreover, even within a given letter sequence and a given part of speech, lexical stress may distinguish between different words or between different meanings of the same word (depending on differences in theory about what constitutes a distinct word): for example, initial-stress pronunciations of
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In words where the primary stress falls on the third syllable or later, it is normal for secondary stress to be marked on one of the first two syllables of the word. In words where the primary stress falls on the third syllable, secondary stress usually falls on the first rather than the second
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In many phonological approaches, and in many dictionaries, English is represented as having two levels of stress: primary and secondary. In every lexical word, and in some grammatical words, one syllable is identified as having primary stress, though in monosyllables the stress is not generally
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have their primary stress on the third syllable, and secondary stress on the first syllable. However, in certain words with primary stress on the third syllable, the second syllable may have secondary stress corresponding to the primary stress of a shorter related word or base. For example,
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as a verb (as in 'what separates nation from nation') has a full vowel in the final syllable, , whereas the corresponding adjective (as in 'they sleep in separate rooms') has a reduced vowel: or . A distinction may be made in a similar way between a verb and a noun, as in the case of
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vowels (unreduced vowels, i.e., those not among the reduced vowels listed in the previous section). Dictionaries do not generally mark tertiary stress, but as mentioned above, some of them treat all syllables with unreduced vowels as having at least secondary stress.
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This combination of lexical stress, phrase- or clause-final prosody, and the lexical reduction of some unstressed vowels, conspires to create the impression of multiple levels of stress. In Ladefoged's approach, our examples are transcribed phonemically as
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Certain vowel sounds in English are associated strongly with absence of stress: they occur practically exclusively in unstressed syllables, and conversely, most (though not all) unstressed syllables contain one of these sounds. These are known as
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in the verb's final syllable). Finally, differences in syllabic stress and vowel reduction (or lack of the latter) may distinguish between meanings even within a given part of speech, with the best-known such pairs in American English being
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In other words, a syllabic consonant can be phonologically analyzed as consisting of either just the consonant or of an underlying schwa followed by the consonant. The consonants that can be syllabic in English are principally
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constraints, a consonant between a full and a reduced vowel generally belongs to the syllable with the full vowel, whereas a consonant between two reduced vowels belongs to the preceding syllable. According to this analysis,
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To determine where the actual lexical stress is in a word, one may try pronouncing the word in a phrase, with other words before and after it and without any pauses between them, to eliminate the effects of tonic stress: in
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In some theories, English has been described as having three levels of stress: primary, secondary, and tertiary (in addition to the unstressed level, which in this approach may also be called quaternary stress). For
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stress—particular words within a phrase or sentence receive additional stress to emphasize the information they convey. There is also said to be a natural "tonic stress" that falls on the last stressed syllable of a
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All full (unreduced; also called strong) vowels may occur in unstressed position (except under theoretical approaches that routinely assign secondary or tertiary stress to syllables containing such vowels – see
298:, the military) field, and encountered in sports only as borrowed from the legal field in the context of adjudicating rule violations. British English stresses the second syllable in both sports and legal use. 1518::358–360) notes that such dictionaries make use of the secondary-stress mark to distinguish full vowels from reduced vowels in unstressed syllables, as they may not have distinct symbols for reduced vowels. 1544:
has a primary and tertiary stress. Exact treatments vary, but it is common for tertiary stress to be assigned to those syllables that, while not assigned primary or secondary stress, nonetheless contain
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remarks, "Some analysts (particularly Americans) argue that the presence of a strong vowel is sufficient evidence that the syllable in question is stressed. In the British tradition we regard them as
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In the case of most words with such alternative forms, the weak form is much more common (since it is relatively rare for function words to receive prosodic stress). This is particularly true of the
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In some dictionaries (particularly American ones), all syllables that contain a full (unreduced) vowel are ascribed at least secondary stress, even when they come after the primary stress (as in the
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Many other full unstressed vowels also derive historically from stressed vowels, due to shifts of stress over time, such as stress shifting away from the final syllable of French loan words, like
1455:, which both have primary stress on the fourth syllable, have secondary stress on the first and second syllable respectively: the same positions as the primary stress on the first syllable of 313:, with primary stress on the fourth syllable, secondary stress on the first syllable, and the remaining syllables unstressed. For different ways of analysing levels of stress in English, see 1830:. Alternatively, these reduced vowels can be analyzed as instances of the same phonemes as full vowels. In that case, it may be the phonemic secondary stress that distinguishes these words. 1473:, the stressed syllable of the prominent part of the compound is marked with primary stress, while the stressed syllable of the other part may be marked with secondary stress. For example, 1335:. However, in some compounds that are used fairly frequently and therefore more familiarly, the vowel of the unstressed part may be reduced in contrast to compounds that are not: thus, 1391:
marked. In addition, longer words may have one or more syllables identified as having secondary stress. Syllables that have neither primary nor secondary stress are called unstressed.
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may be pronounced with a reduced vowel in some instances and a full vowel in other instances, usually depending on the degree of stress (lexical or prosodic) given to it.
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The difference between what is normally called primary and secondary stress, in this analysis, is explained by the observation that the last stressed syllable in a normal
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Some linguists have observed phonetic consequences of vowel reduction that go beyond the pronunciation of the vowel itself. Bolinger (1986) observes that a preceding
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when a word is mentioned standing alone). In the case of many such words the strong form is also used when the word comes at the end of a sentence or phrase.
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with full vowels, and unstressed syllables with reduced vowels, but considers this to be a difference involving vowel reduction and not one of stress.
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have noted that it is possible to describe English with only one degree of stress, as long as unstressed syllables are phonemically distinguished for
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As mentioned in the previous section, some linguists postulate a phonemic distinction between syllables that contain reduced vowels (as listed
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In words where the primary stress falls on the third or fourth syllable from the end, a following syllable may be marked with secondary stress.
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The exact set of words that have weak forms depends on dialect and speaker; the following is a list of the chief words of this type in
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in American English denote concepts specific to sports, whereas pronunciations with stress on the words' respective second syllables (
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Note that this last-mentioned group of syllables are those ascribed tertiary stress in the approach described in the next section.
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is an unstressed front close unrounded vowel most commonly represented with , although some dialects (including more traditional
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When the stress pattern of words changes, the vowels in certain syllables may switch between full and reduced. For example, in
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unstressed, and if unstressed, the vowel may be either full or reduced. This is all that is required for a phonemic treatment.
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Among speakers who make this distinction, the distributions of schwa and are quite variable, and in many cases the two are in
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In some words, the reduction of a vowel depends on how quickly or carefully the speaker enunciates the word. For example, the
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in English; the position of the stress is generally unpredictable and can serve to distinguish words. For example, the words
369:.) The exact set of reduced vowels depends on dialect and speaker; the principal ones are described in the sections below. 740:. However, some contemporary accounts regard it as a symbol representing a close front vowel that is neither the vowel of 1566:. According to this view, the posited multiple levels, whether primary–secondary or primary–secondary–tertiary, are mere 2990: 2380: 1046: 749: 2761: 2603: 1038: 249: 2671:
resulting from the use of some of the weak forms can lead to confusion in writing; the identity of the weak forms of
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A number of English verb-adjective pairs are distinguished solely by vowel reduction. For example, in some dialects,
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approaches (which recognize primary and secondary stress, although their interpretations of secondary stress vary).
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is commonly reduced to schwa, but in more careful enunciation it may also be pronounced as a full vowel (that of
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But in other contexts where the word carries stress, it would be pronounced in its "strong" (unreduced) form as
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In most of the above words the weak form contains schwa, or a syllabic consonant in the case of those ending
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Some words are shown in dictionaries as having two levels of stress: primary and secondary. For example, the
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This distinction can be used to explain the (potential) contrast between the final vowel of words such as
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below). Some examples of words with unstressed syllables that are often pronounced with full vowels in
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Like schwa, does not correspond in spelling to any single vowel letter. It can be represented by
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in American English is possible before a reduced vowel but not before a full vowel. Hence the
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with a reduced vowel, used when the word has no prosodic stress, and a phonemically distinct
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are distinguished by the placement of the stress in the same way – this is an example of an
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Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Non-rhotic dialects simply have schwa in these positions, except where the dialect has
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may reduce to or just the syllabic consonant , or by assimilation with a following
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for example, one can hear secondary (that is, lexical) stress on two syllables of
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In International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, primary stress is denoted with
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with exaggeratedly careful enunciation, weak forms may be avoided. An example is
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are given below (pronunciation may be different in other varieties of English).
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symbol mentioned above, Oxford University Press have devised the non-IPA symbol
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Full vowels are commonly, but not always, preserved in unstressed syllables in
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is pronounced by some speakers with secondary stress on the second syllable (
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For example, in the following sentence, a speaker would typically pronounce
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are distinguished in pronunciation only by the syllable being stressed. In
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before an unstressed full vowel, but not before a reduced vowel; and that
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The other sounds that can serve as the peaks of reduced syllables are the
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sometimes leads to misspellings such as "would of", "could of", etc. for
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Potential distinction between reduced vowels and unstressed full vowels
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Other words that have weak forms in many varieties of English include
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Celce-Murcia, Marianne; Brinton, Donna M.; Goodwin, Janet M. (1996),
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as the syllable nucleus rather than a vowel). Various contradictory
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Secondary stress is frequently indicated in the following cases:
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In some dialects of English there is a distinction between two
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The vowel reduction in weak forms may be accompanied by other
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with a full vowel, used when the word is stressed (and as the
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when the word is phrase-final, i.e. without a governed verb:
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of reduced vowels: in addition to schwa, there is a distinct
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explains such phenomena by claiming that, in the absence of
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vowel, is widely used in British works for words such as
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Jones, D.; Roach, Peter; Setter, J.; Esling, J. (2011),
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Reduced, but stressed at the end of a sentence and when
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The most prominent syllable when a word is spoken alone.
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or "tonic" stress. Since a word spoken in isolation, in
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Descriptions with primary, secondary and tertiary stress
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sound or as with a schwa followed by the dark l sound.
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Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English
2965: 455:(although the last three are pronounced instead as a 240:, the stress is placed on the first syllable; and in 1960:
can only be flapped at the end of a syllable (as in
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for some of their English dictionaries uses the non-
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In citation form, or at the end of a 1279:, while the second is definitively the unreduced 331:§ Descriptions with only one level of stress 292:) denote concepts related to the legal (and, for 3308:Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages 2710:In English dialects that have not undergone the 2340:Reduced, but stressed at the end of a sentence: 533:⟩, and in the American tradition ⟨ 244:on the second. Similarly, the noun and the verb 119:IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters 459:by some speakers – see the following section). 3058: 1386:Descriptions with primary and secondary stress 1061: 314: 3492: 1643:as the primary (tonic) stress has shifted to 8: 2068:Alternation depending on type of enunciation 1826:while the latter may end with the unreduced 224:Lexical stress (word stress) is regarded as 2561:Another common word with a reduced form is 2210:is typically before a vowel-initial word ( 2170:when the word is referred to in isolation: 1978:Alternation between full and reduced vowels 1740:Secondary stress (esp. U.S.) or unstressed 1178:. This contrast is further described under 137:and at the level of the phrase or sentence 3499: 3485: 3477: 1554:Descriptions with only one level of stress 1443:), corresponding to the primary stress in 501:Reduced vowels in the close unrounded area 3454:Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd Ed. 3097: 3082: 2808: 2548:I said that you can; The man that you saw 1414:and secondary stress with a grave accent 981:may be pronounced as either with only a 840:, thus forming a three-way contrast with 384:by any of the vowel letters, such as the 80:Learn how and when to remove this message 3391:English Phonetics and Phonology, 4th Ed. 3316:English Pronouncing Dictionary, 18th Ed. 3136: 3121: 3109: 2905: 2214:) but before a consonant-initial word ( 1832: 1658: 1515: 1489:is transcribed with secondary stress in 1088:heard when the word is used as a noun); 928:A rounded vowel , corresponding to the 886:to represent a vowel that may be either 815: 794:Reduced vowels in the close rounded area 541:contrasting these two reduced vowels is 43:This article includes a list of general 3445:Studies in the pronunciation of English 3398:Upton, C; Kretzschmar; Konopka (2001), 3070: 2942:Upton, Kretzschmar & Konopka (2001) 2917: 2821:Upton, Kretzschmar & Konopka (2001) 2777: 2703: 2096:Weak and strong forms of function words 1994:Alternation depending on lexical stress 1009:(spelled by L followed by a silent e), 2977: 2796: 1923:would be an aspirated , while that in 1723:Other syllables with unreduced vowels. 3190: 3148: 2953: 2929: 2893: 2881: 2784: 2499:the vowel may be the reduced form of 1928: 7: 3358:Garcia Lecumberri, M. Luisa (2000), 3331:Knight, Rachael-Anne Knight (2012), 3251:participating institution membership 3171:Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition 2869:participating institution membership 1822:; the former may end with a reduced 329:– for more on this, see below under 157:analyses exist for these phenomena. 109:. For the distinction between , 2528: 1776: 1605:, with two stressed syllables, and 1255:With vowels represented as ⟨ 957:representing the neutralization of 953:. Phonologically, this vowel is an 917:representing the neutralization of 913:. Phonologically, this vowel is an 868:. This phoneme alternates with the 320:English also has relatively strong 3017:John Wells, "strong and weak", in 1986:with full vowels: a given word or 1927:would be unaspirated or a flap . 1637:the còunterintèlligence commúnity, 1108:in words with the negative prefix 527:near-close central unrounded vowel 365:position. (An alternative term is 49:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 2556:Put that down; I like that colour 2138:is used. However the strong form 2123:An example of such a word is the 1084:when used as a verb (compare the 470:schwa, , occurs in words such as 3033:Wells, John (16 November 2011). 2038:Alternation depending on meaning 1062:§ Degrees of lexical stress 1035:are also pronounced as syllabic 315:§ Degrees of lexical stress 133:, both at the level of the word 34: 18:Weak and strong forms in English 3441:"Syllabification and allophony" 3325:Beginner's English Dialectology 2579:(weakly pronounced as , or in 2176:" is one of the English modals. 2162:we won't be doing it, but they 1810:, which may end with unreduced 101:International Phonetic Alphabet 3382:The Sound Structure of English 3292:, Cambridge University Press, 2572:rather than vowel reduction. 2568:, but this is derived through 2515:it may be the reduced form of 2198:Did you find the cat? I found 1757:Unstressed (quaternary stress) 1745:Syllables with reduced vowels. 818::347–360), there is a reduced 707:The final vowel of words like 342:Isochrony § Stress timing 129:is a prominent feature of the 1: 3461:Wells, John C. (2012-06-07), 3274:, Stanford University Press, 1794:, which may end with reduced 3443:, in Ramsaran, Susan (ed.), 3393:, Cambridge University Press 3384:, Cambridge University Press 3360:English Transcription Course 3342:The Pronunciation of English 3335:, Cambridge University Press 3318:, Cambridge University Press 3059:Hirst & Di Cristo (1998) 2993:. Lexico.com. Archived from 2762:Initial-stress-derived nouns 2656:functions as a weak form of 1493:dictionaries but not in the 1271:is either the reduced vowel 802:A dictionary convention for 509:A dictionary convention for 2835:"Oxford English Dictionary" 2146:when the word is stressed: 1538:²coun.ter.³in.¹tel.li.gence 1459:and the second syllable of 336:English is classified as a 250:initial-stress-derived noun 220:Lexical and prosodic stress 3607: 3340:Kreidler, Charles (2004), 3039:John Wells's phonetic blog 3019:John Wells's phonetic blog 2837:. Oxford University Press. 2755:Vowel reduction in Russian 2647:definite article reduction 2100:Some monosyllabic English 1982:Reduced vowels frequently 1402:and secondary stress with 1174:vowel found at the end of 1100:in the second syllable of 781:English phonology: §  537:⟩. An example of a 373:Schwa and r-coloured schwa 3530:Stress and reduced vowels 3515: 3402:, Oxford University Press 3349:Ladefoged, Peter (2006), 3306:Hirst; Di Cristo (1998), 3238:Oxford English Dictionary 3206:Applied English Phonology 2856:Oxford English Dictionary 2084:). Compare this with the 1733: 1692: 1381:Degrees of lexical stress 1142:in the final syllable of 1134:in the final syllable of 1092:in the first syllable of 1080:in the final syllable of 3420:10.1017/CBO9780511611759 3333:Phonetics- A course book 1899:is likely to retain its 3452:Wells, John C. (2008), 3439:Wells, John C. (1990), 3364:Oxford University Press 3243:Oxford University Press 2861:Oxford University Press 2690:English weak forms are 1603:/ˈkaʊntər.ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/ 1426:syllable. For example, 810:The OUP convention for 680:Oxford University Press 517:The OUP convention for 97:phonetic transcriptions 64:more precise citations. 3203:Yavas, Mehmet (2015). 2833:Key to Pronunciation. 2554:pronoun or adjective ( 2235:Received Pronunciation 2018:with a reduced vowel ( 1676:Dictionary approaches 1066:Received Pronunciation 1055:Unstressed full vowels 811: 803: 723:Received Pronunciation 568:is a schwa, while the 518: 510: 94:This article contains 3389:Roach, Peter (2009), 3351:A Course in Phonetics 2997:on September 19, 2020 2538:is used only for the 2529:§ Reduced vowels 1558:Phoneticians such as 1259:⟩ and ⟨ 809: 801: 516: 508: 338:stress-timed language 3565:Phonological history 3380:McCully, C. (2009), 1861:/ˈʃɪvəriː–ˈʃɪvəˌriː/ 1641:counterintelligence, 1582:receives additional 1570:detail and not true 1503:counterintelligence. 783:Unstressed syllables 3507:Description of the 3241:(Online ed.). 2966:Jones et al. (2011) 2859:(Online ed.). 2550:), and not for the 2503:, or else ; and in 1852:shivery – shivaree 1835: 1673:Quaternary approach 1600:cóunterintélligence 1475:còunterintélligence 975:syllabic consonants 969:Syllabic consonants 878:Analogously to the 27:Phonetic phenomenon 3412:Accents of English 2383:with the negative 2307:(as conjunction), 2014:), and the second 1856:/ˈʃɪvərɨ–ˈʃɪvəriː/ 1841:Reduced vowel set 1833: 1267:, where the first 905:may be pronounced 812: 804: 686:"compound" symbol 519: 511: 196:(homophonous with 151:syllabic consonant 3586:English phonology 3573: 3572: 3249:(Subscription or 3151:, pp. 76–86. 2867:(Subscription or 2735:English phonology 2652:Synchronically, ' 2602:In highly formal 2534:The weak form of 2134:), the weak form 1893: 1892: 1873:farrow – Pharaoh 1844:Secondary stress 1764: 1763: 1718:Secondary stress 1416:⟨`⟩ 1412:⟨´⟩ 1275:or the unreduced 1001:, for example in 884:⟨ᵿ⟩ 880:⟨ᵻ⟩ 763:in such pairs as 688:⟨ᵻ⟩ 578:weak vowel merger 311:/ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 305:pronunciation of 164:with a schwa, as 139:(prosodic stress) 90: 89: 82: 16:(Redirected from 3598: 3560:Language history 3509:English language 3501: 3494: 3487: 3478: 3473: 3472: 3471: 3457: 3448: 3447:, pp. 76–86 3435: 3434: 3433: 3403: 3394: 3385: 3376: 3354: 3345: 3336: 3327: 3323:Katalin (2008), 3319: 3310: 3302: 3284: 3268:Bolinger, Dwight 3255: 3254: 3246: 3234: 3227: 3221: 3220: 3200: 3194: 3193:, p. 89–96. 3188: 3182: 3167: 3161: 3158: 3152: 3146: 3140: 3134: 3125: 3119: 3113: 3107: 3101: 3098:Ladefoged (2006) 3095: 3086: 3083:Ladefoged (2006) 3080: 3074: 3068: 3062: 3056: 3050: 3049: 3047: 3045: 3030: 3024: 3021:, 25 March 2011 3015: 3006: 3005: 3003: 3002: 2987: 2981: 2975: 2969: 2963: 2957: 2951: 2945: 2939: 2933: 2927: 2921: 2915: 2909: 2903: 2897: 2891: 2885: 2879: 2873: 2872: 2864: 2852: 2845: 2839: 2838: 2830: 2824: 2818: 2812: 2809:Ladefoged (2006) 2806: 2800: 2794: 2788: 2782: 2722: 2708: 2567: 2544:relative pronoun 2518: 2502: 2470: 2466: 2462: 2241:Always reduced: 2183:English articles 2152:to do it, but I 2141: 2137: 2083: 2054: 2033: 2013: 1973: 1966: 1959: 1955: 1947: 1918: 1914: 1910: 1888: 1883: 1882:/ˈfæroʊ–ˈfæˌroʊ/ 1878: 1867: 1862: 1857: 1836: 1829: 1825: 1813: 1797: 1715:Secondary stress 1659: 1611: 1604: 1514:example above). 1417: 1413: 1409: 1407: 1401: 1399: 1376: 1369: 1362: 1355: 1348: 1341: 1282: 1278: 1274: 1262: 1258: 1223: 1215: 1207: 1199: 1191: 1165: 1157: 1149: 1141: 1133: 1119: 1107: 1099: 1091: 1087: 1079: 1050: 1042: 1034: 1030: 1000: 996: 992: 964: 960: 952: 942: 924: 920: 912: 908: 904: 893: 889: 885: 881: 875: 867: 860: 853: 846: 839: 832: 825: 762: 758: 747: 743: 732: 728: 703: 695: 689: 549: 536: 532: 496: 492: 457:near-close vowel 312: 309:may be given as 291: 282: 273: 264: 200:). For example: 195: 171: 167: 135:(lexical stress) 131:English language 116: 112: 85: 78: 74: 71: 65: 60:this article by 51:inline citations 38: 37: 30: 21: 3606: 3605: 3601: 3600: 3599: 3597: 3596: 3595: 3576: 3575: 3574: 3569: 3540:Spelling reform 3511: 3505: 3469: 3467: 3460: 3451: 3438: 3431: 3406: 3397: 3388: 3379: 3374: 3357: 3348: 3339: 3330: 3322: 3313: 3305: 3300: 3287: 3282: 3266: 3263: 3258: 3248: 3229: 3228: 3224: 3217: 3202: 3201: 3197: 3189: 3185: 3168: 3164: 3159: 3155: 3147: 3143: 3137:Bolinger (1986) 3135: 3128: 3122:Bolinger (1986) 3120: 3116: 3110:Bolinger (1986) 3108: 3104: 3096: 3089: 3081: 3077: 3069: 3065: 3057: 3053: 3043: 3041: 3032: 3031: 3027: 3016: 3009: 3000: 2998: 2989: 2988: 2984: 2976: 2972: 2964: 2960: 2952: 2948: 2944:, p. xvii. 2940: 2936: 2928: 2924: 2916: 2912: 2906:Kreidler (2004) 2904: 2900: 2892: 2888: 2880: 2876: 2866: 2847: 2846: 2842: 2832: 2831: 2827: 2823:, p. xiii. 2819: 2815: 2807: 2803: 2795: 2791: 2783: 2779: 2775: 2770: 2750:Vowel reduction 2731: 2726: 2725: 2709: 2705: 2700: 2645:. Compare also 2633:. For example, 2531:section above. 2098: 2081: 2070: 2040: 2031: 2022:). However, in 2011: 1996: 1980: 1954:/hjʊ.ˈmæn.ᵻt.i/ 1847:No distinction 1773: 1737:Tertiary stress 1699:Primary stress 1669: 1653: 1564:vowel reduction 1560:Peter Ladefoged 1556: 1542:¹coun.ter.³foil 1533: 1491:Merriam-Webster 1415: 1411: 1403: 1395: 1388: 1383: 1289: 1242:óverseas vóyage 1057: 971: 898:. For example, 883: 879: 796: 745: 741: 730: 700:is transcribed 687: 547: 503: 464:rhotic dialects 375: 350: 222: 208:three children. 143:vowel reduction 124: 123: 122: 86: 75: 69: 66: 56:Please help to 55: 39: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3604: 3602: 3594: 3593: 3588: 3578: 3577: 3571: 3570: 3568: 3567: 3562: 3557: 3552: 3547: 3542: 3537: 3532: 3527: 3522: 3516: 3513: 3512: 3506: 3504: 3503: 3496: 3489: 3481: 3475: 3474: 3458: 3449: 3436: 3408:Wells, John C. 3404: 3395: 3386: 3377: 3372: 3355: 3346: 3337: 3328: 3320: 3311: 3303: 3298: 3285: 3280: 3262: 3259: 3257: 3256: 3222: 3215: 3195: 3183: 3162: 3153: 3141: 3139:, p. 358. 3126: 3124:, p. 348. 3114: 3102: 3087: 3075: 3071:Katalin (2008) 3063: 3051: 3025: 3007: 2982: 2980:, p. 103. 2970: 2958: 2946: 2934: 2922: 2918:McCully (2009) 2910: 2898: 2886: 2884:, p. 291. 2874: 2840: 2825: 2813: 2801: 2789: 2787:, p. 844. 2776: 2774: 2771: 2769: 2766: 2765: 2764: 2759: 2758: 2757: 2747: 2742: 2737: 2730: 2727: 2724: 2723: 2702: 2701: 2699: 2696: 2581:rhotic accents 2471:. However, in 2457: 2456: 2455: 2454: 2377: 2376: 2375: 2338: 2337: 2336: 2179: 2178: 2168: 2158: 2118:isolation form 2102:function words 2097: 2094: 2069: 2066: 2039: 2036: 1995: 1992: 1979: 1976: 1935:boundaries or 1897:voiceless stop 1891: 1890: 1884: 1879: 1877:/ˈfærɵ–ˈfæroʊ/ 1874: 1870: 1869: 1863: 1858: 1853: 1849: 1848: 1845: 1842: 1839: 1798:, and that of 1772: 1769: 1762: 1761: 1758: 1755: 1746: 1742: 1741: 1738: 1735: 1732: 1724: 1720: 1719: 1716: 1713: 1705: 1701: 1700: 1697: 1696:Primary stress 1694: 1691: 1682: 1678: 1677: 1674: 1671: 1666: 1663: 1652: 1649: 1610:/ˈkaʊntərfɔɪl/ 1555: 1552: 1532: 1529: 1525: 1524: 1516:Bolinger (1986 1505: 1471:compound words 1467: 1464: 1387: 1384: 1382: 1379: 1375:/ˈblækbɔː(r)d/ 1293:compound words 1288: 1287:Compound words 1285: 1230: 1229: 1183: 1125: 1056: 1053: 1025:rhotic accents 970: 967: 896:free variation 816:Bolinger (1986 795: 792: 664:free variation 587:(for example, 502: 499: 374: 371: 355:reduced vowels 349: 348:Reduced vowels 346: 221: 218: 217: 216: 209: 204:Alice and Bob 190: 189: 184:Alice and Bob 117:⟩, see 93: 92: 91: 88: 87: 42: 40: 33: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3603: 3592: 3589: 3587: 3584: 3583: 3581: 3566: 3563: 3561: 3558: 3556: 3553: 3551: 3548: 3546: 3543: 3541: 3538: 3536: 3533: 3531: 3528: 3526: 3523: 3521: 3518: 3517: 3514: 3510: 3502: 3497: 3495: 3490: 3488: 3483: 3482: 3479: 3466: 3465: 3459: 3455: 3450: 3446: 3442: 3437: 3429: 3425: 3421: 3417: 3413: 3409: 3405: 3401: 3396: 3392: 3387: 3383: 3378: 3375: 3373:0-340-75978-X 3369: 3365: 3361: 3356: 3352: 3347: 3343: 3338: 3334: 3329: 3326: 3321: 3317: 3312: 3309: 3304: 3301: 3299:0-521-40504-1 3295: 3291: 3286: 3283: 3281:0-8047-1241-7 3277: 3273: 3269: 3265: 3264: 3260: 3252: 3244: 3240: 3239: 3233: 3226: 3223: 3218: 3216:9781118944530 3212: 3208: 3207: 3199: 3196: 3192: 3187: 3184: 3181: 3180:1-876429-14-3 3177: 3173: 3172: 3166: 3163: 3157: 3154: 3150: 3145: 3142: 3138: 3133: 3131: 3127: 3123: 3118: 3115: 3111: 3106: 3103: 3099: 3094: 3092: 3088: 3085:, p. 83. 3084: 3079: 3076: 3073:, p. 89. 3072: 3067: 3064: 3061:, p. 57. 3060: 3055: 3052: 3040: 3036: 3029: 3026: 3023: 3020: 3014: 3012: 3008: 2996: 2992: 2986: 2983: 2979: 2978:Knight (2012) 2974: 2971: 2967: 2962: 2959: 2955: 2950: 2947: 2943: 2938: 2935: 2931: 2926: 2923: 2919: 2914: 2911: 2907: 2902: 2899: 2895: 2890: 2887: 2883: 2878: 2875: 2870: 2862: 2858: 2857: 2851: 2844: 2841: 2836: 2829: 2826: 2822: 2817: 2814: 2811:, p. 95. 2810: 2805: 2802: 2799:, p. 71. 2798: 2797:Knight (2012) 2793: 2790: 2786: 2781: 2778: 2772: 2767: 2763: 2760: 2756: 2753: 2752: 2751: 2748: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2736: 2733: 2732: 2728: 2720: 2718: 2714: 2707: 2704: 2697: 2695: 2693: 2688: 2686: 2682: 2678: 2674: 2670: 2665: 2663: 2659: 2655: 2650: 2648: 2644: 2640: 2636: 2632: 2628: 2624: 2620: 2619:sound changes 2615: 2613: 2609: 2605: 2600: 2598: 2594: 2590: 2586: 2582: 2578: 2573: 2571: 2564: 2559: 2557: 2553: 2552:demonstrative 2549: 2545: 2541: 2537: 2532: 2530: 2526: 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(For 2512: 2508: 2504: 2496: 2492: 2488: 2484: 2480: 2476: 2472: 2458: 2450: 2446: 2442: 2438: 2434: 2430: 2426: 2422: 2418: 2414: 2410: 2406: 2402: 2398: 2394: 2390: 2384: 2371: 2367: 2363: 2359: 2355: 2351: 2347: 2343: 2332: 2328: 2324: 2320: 2316: 2312: 2308: 2304: 2300: 2296: 2292: 2288: 2284: 2280: 2276: 2272: 2268: 2264: 2260: 2256: 2252: 2248: 2244: 2232: 2228:to Cambridge 2227: 2223: 2219: 2215: 2211: 2207: 2203: 2199: 2197: 2193: 2189: 2185: 2180: 2173: 2171: 2166:if they want 2163: 2161: 2153: 2149: 2147: 2131: 2127: 2122: 2109: 2105: 2099: 2089: 2085: 2077: 2073: 2071: 2061: 2057: 2048: 2043: 2041: 2028:photographer 2027: 2023: 2015: 2007: 2004:photographic 2003: 1999: 1997: 1981: 1968: 1961: 1949: 1946:/ˈmæn.ə.tiː/ 1941: 1929:Wells (1990) 1924: 1920: 1894: 1819: 1815: 1807: 1803: 1799: 1791: 1787: 1783: 1781: 1774: 1765: 1750: 1748: 1728: 1726: 1708: 1707: 1686: 1684: 1654: 1644: 1640: 1636: 1633: 1626: 1625: 1619: 1617: 1606: 1599: 1596: 1584:intonational 1577: 1557: 1546: 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