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    This document discusses stress and syllables in words. It defines strong and weak syllables in terms of vowel sounds and stress. It notes that weak vowels can reduce to a schwa sound. It also defines syllabic consonants and provides examples of words like "cattle", "bottle", and "evacuation" to transcribe with both strong and weak syllable forms highlighted.

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    This document discusses stress and syllables in words. It defines strong and weak syllables in terms of vowel sounds and stress. It notes that weak vowels can reduce to a schwa sound. It also defines syllabic consonants and provides examples of words like "cattle", "bottle", and "evacuation" to transcribe with both strong and weak syllable forms highlighted.

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    This document discusses stress and syllables in words. It defines strong and weak syllables in terms of vowel sounds and stress. It notes that weak vowels can reduce to a schwa sound. It also defines syllabic consonants and provides examples of words like "cattle", "bottle", and "evacuation" to transcribe with both strong and weak syllable forms highlighted.

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    Chapter 9

    Page 81
    What is meant by strong and
    weak syllable?
    Vowel
    Stress


    What are the possible peaks of a
    weak vowel?

    The schwa


    What is a syllabic consonant?



    Transcribe the following, highlighting both the
    strong and weak forms of each word:
    Cattle
    Bottle
    Swimming
    Evacuation
    Easy
    Radio
    Character
    Muddling
    Petal
    Incident

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