Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Unstressed syllables and the schwa (AT21)

Listen to the schwa sound

1) polite /pəˈlaɪt/
2) person /ˈpɜː.sən/
3) address /əˈdres/





Schwa is the name for the most common sound in English. It is a weak, unstressed sound and it occurs in many words. It is often the sound in grammar words such as articles and prepositions.

Getting the schwa sound correct is a good way of making your pronunciation more accurate and natural.

The phonemic symbol for this sound is .


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