Stress and vowel reduction in English

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title: Stress and vowel reduction in English
text: Stress is a prominent feature of the English language, both at the level of the word (lexical stress) and at the level of the phrase or sentence (prosodic stress). Absence of stress on a syllable, or on a word in some cases, is frequently associated in English with vowel reduction – many such syllables are pronounced with a centralized vowel (schwa) or with certain other vowels that are described as being "reduced". Various contradictory phonological analyses exist for these phenomena. For examp
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date created: 2005-01-12T07:59:47Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T13:12:58Z
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