Variable pronunciations and stress patterns

Running Head : VARIABLE PRONUNCIATIONS AND STRESS PATTERNS

Variable Pronunciations and Stress Patterns

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Variable Pronunciations and Stress Patterns

Part A - Variable Pronunciations or Stress Patterns

author - the first syllable receives major stress while the second syllable receives minor stress

- this pattern is common to words with two syllables and are categorized as nouns

water - the first syllable receives major stressed while the second syllable is receives minor stress

- since the second syllable receives minor stress , and the vowel in

it does not receive stress , the pronunciation of the vowel is called a schwa

- the vowel in the second syllable is called a schwa since its pronunciation is not full , but rather reduced , thus the term reduced vowel

adult - the first syllable receives major stressed while the second syllable is receives minor stress

- since the second syllable receives minor stress , and the vowel in it does not receive stress , the pronunciation of the vowel is called a schwa

- the vowel in the second syllable is called a schwa since its pronunciation is not full , but rather reduced , thus the term reduced vowel

forget about it - the reduction of function words in phrases has made the pronunciation of forget about ' sound like forgedubout

for this reason , the first syllable receives major stress , while the following syllables receive minor stress

since the following syllables receive minor stress , the vowels in these syllables are considered as schwa

the reduction of the function words and...