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    The Sound System of English I

    UNIT 10
    Stress and vowel reduction

    Joaquín Romero
    Dpt. of English and German Studies
    Universitat Rovira I Virgili

    Grau d’Anglès
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed unstressed

    loudness + –
    pitch + –
    length + –
    vowel
    quality + –
    U10-1
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    unstressed i
    !
    ɪ! ʊ
    u
    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ

    U10-2
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    unstressed i!
    e
    !ɪ ʊ
    u
    o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ

    U10-3
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ!
    e
    !
    ʊ
    o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ

    U10-4
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɛ
    !
    ɜ˞! ə˞!
    ʌə
    ɔ
    æ ɑ
    U10-5
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ
    ! ɑ
    U10-6
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ
    !

    U10-7
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞!
    ʌə
    ɔ
    !

    æ ɑ

    U10-8
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ!
    e
    ʊ
    o
    !

    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ
    U10-9
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    e
    ɪ! ʊo
    !

    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ
    U10-10
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    unstressed i!
    ɪ! ʊ
    u
    !

    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ ɑ
    U10-11
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɜ˞! ə˞!
    ɛ
    ʌ
    ! ə ɔ
    æ ɑ
    U10-12
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞ʌ ə˞ə
    ! !
    ɔ
    æ ɑ
    U10-13
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɜ˞! ə˞!
    ɛ
    ʌ! ə ɔ
    æ ɑ
    U10-14
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    ɪ! ʊ
    e o
    ɛ ɜ˞!
    ʌə
    ə˞ ɔ
    æ ɑ

    U10-15
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    e
    ɪ! ʊ
    !
    o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ a
    ! ɑ
    U10-16
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    e
    ɪ
    ! ʊ
    o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞! ɔ
    ʌə
    æ a
    ! ɑ
    U10-17
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    stressed

    i! u
    unstressed
    e
    ɪ
    ! ʊ
    o
    ɛ ɜ˞! ə˞!
    ʌə ɔ
    !

    æ ɑ
    U10-18
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction

    i! ɪ! e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u ʌ ɜ˞! ə ə˞! aʊ! aɪ! ɔɪ!

    only
    stressed

    only
    unstressed

    stressed/
    unstressed

    U10-19
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction. Vowel reduction and spelling

    stressed unstressed
    formality /ˌfɔrˈmæləti/! formal /ˈfɔrməl/!

    commerce /ˈkɑmə˞s/! commercial /kəˈmɜ˞ʃl/!

    generosity /ˌdʒɛnəˈrɑsəti/! generous /ˈdʒɛnərəs/!

    fragility /frəˈdʒɪləti/! fragile /ˈfrædʒəl/!

    integrity /ɪnˈtɛgrəti/! integral /ˈɪntəgrəl/!

    industrial /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/! industry /ˈɪndəstri/!


    U10-20
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction. Strong and weak forms

    prepositions

    weak strong
    for

    at

    of

    from

    U10-21
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction. Strong and weak forms

    pronouns

    weak strong
    his

    us

    her

    your

    their

    them
    U10-22
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction. Strong and weak forms

    auxiliary verbs

    weak strong
    are

    was

    were

    can

    have

    should
    U10-23
    UNIT 10. Stress and vowel reduction. Strong and weak forms

    conjunctions

    weak strong
    that

    because
    determiners

    the
    some
    a
    there
    U10-24

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