By benedek Juhász Schwa ə Deletion and Syllabic Consonants November 12 2014 SCHWA and its deletion Most natural and frequent sound in English Present in almost every word with more than 2 syllables ID: 774143
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By benedek Juhász Schwa /ə/ Deletion and Syllabic Consonants November 12. 2014
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 English Schwa deletion SCF – Syllabic Consonant Formation in RP: table / ˈ teɪbl / or / ˈ teɪbəl / Syncope : number of syllables is NOT preserved
Syncope below, camera, deliver, different, evening, every, family, police, potato, separate( adj), suffice, suppose, terrain 1. Pronounce these words. Syncopate schwas wherever possible.
Syllabic Consonants 1. Consonants functioning as a syllable. The difference between the schwa-ful and the schwa- less pronunciations is that in the latter case it is not a vowel but a consonant (the /n/).
Syllabic Consonants 2. Consonants are SYLLABIC, when they act as the „ vowel ” of the syllable .
Syllabic Nasals Syllabic-n: garden /ˈgɑ(r)dən/ → [ˈgɑ(ɹ)dn̩]button /ˈbʌtən/ → [ˈbʌtn̩]frighten /ˈfraɪtən/ → [ˈfraɪtn̩]Syllabic-m: blossom /ˈblɒsəm / → [ˈblɒsm̩]bottom /ˈbɒtəm/ → [ˈbɒtm̩]Syllabic-ŋ:broken /ˈbrəʊkən/ → [ˈbɹəʊkŋ̩]
Syllabic liquids Syllabic-l:handle /ˈhændəl/ → [ˈhændɬ̩] bottle /ˈbɒtəl/ → [ˈbɒtɬ̩] Syllabic-r:history /ˈhɪstərɪ/ → [ˈhɪstɹ̩ɪ]preference /ˈprɛfərəns/ → [ˈprɛfɹ̩əns]
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
My solutions national /næʃn̩l̩/ literal /lɪtr̩l̩/ visionary /vɪʒn̩r̩ɪ/veteran /vɛtr̩n̩/
Thank you for your cooperation!