by benedek juhÁsz schwa / ə / deletion and syllabic consonants november 12. 2014
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BY BENEDEK JUHÁSZ
Schwa /ə/ Deletion and Syllabic Consonants
November 12. 2014
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SCHWA – and its deletion
MOST NATURAL AND FREQUENT SOUND IN
ENGLISH
PRESENT IN ALMOST EVERY WORD WITH MORE
THAN 2 SYLLABLES
USUALLY IN UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
NO PREVOCALIC SCHWA IN ENGLISHSCHWA DELETION
• SCF – SYLLABIC CONSONANT
FORMATION IN RP: TABLE / ˈ te ɪbl / OR
/ ˈ te ɪbəl /
• SYNCOPE: number of syllables is NOT
preserved
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Syncope
BELOW, CAMERA, DELIVER, DIFFERENT,
EVENING, EVERY, FAMILY, POLICE,
POTATO, SEPARATE(ADJ), SUFFICE,
SUPPOSE, TERRAIN
1. PRONOUNCE THESE WORDS. SYNCOPATE SCHWAS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
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Syllabic Consonants 1.CONSONANTS FUNCTIONING AS A
SYLLABLE.
T H E D I F F E R E N C E B E T W E E N T H E S C H WA - F U L A N D T H E S C H WA - L E SS P R O N U N C I AT I O N S I S T H AT I N T H E L ATT E R C A S E I T I S N O T A VO W E L B U T A C O N S O N A N T (T H E / N / ) .
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Syllabic Consonants 2.
CONSONANTS ARE SYLLABIC , WHEN THEY ACT AS THE „VOWEL” OF THE SYLLABLE.
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Syllabic NasalsSyllabic-n:
garden /ˈgɑ(r)dən/ → [ˈgɑ(ɹ)dn>] button /ˈbʌtən/ → [ˈbʌtn>] frighten /ˈfraɪtən/ → [ˈfraɪtn>]
Syllabic-m: blossom /ˈblɒsəm / → [ˈblɒsm> ] bottom /ˈbɒtəm/ → [ˈbɒtm> ]
Syllabic-ŋ: broken /ˈbrəʊkən/ → [ˈbɹəʊkŋ>]
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Syllabic liquids Syllabic-l:
handle /ˈhændəl/ → [ˈhændɬ̩>] bottle /ˈbɒtəl/ → [ˈbɒtɬ̩>]
Syllabic-r: history /ˈhɪstərɪ/ → [ˈhɪstɹ>ɪ] preference /ˈprɛfərəns/ → [ˈprɛfɹ>əns]
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Combinations of syllabic consonants
In all of the examples presented above, we focused on words in which only one syllabic consonant is present. However, it is not difficult to find words with two adjacent syllabic consonants. Can you write a transcription for each?
national literal
visionary veteran
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My solutions
national /næʃn>l >/
literal /lɪtr>l >/
visionary /vɪʒn>r>ɪ/
veteran /vɛtr>n>/
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Thank you for your cooperation!