American English Word Stress Unstressed vs Reduced syllables

I want to very briefly introduce the

concept of a reduced syllable a reduced

syllable is always an accented or

unstressed and the thing that makes it

different from an unaccented or

unstressed syllable is that one of the

sounds is either not heard or has

changed let’s take for example the

sentence he doesn’t know I got it for

her

the word he he doesn’t know I got it for

her is unaccented it is lower in pitch

and it is faster than the accented words

but both of the sounds are there the H

consonant sound and the e isn’t she he

doesn’t know what got it for her the

word for he doesn’t know why got it fur

fur is pronounced with the schwa sound

fur instead of with the Oh as in no

diphthong for that change in sound means

that this word is reduced because

something changes as I said before

reduced is always unaccented so it’s

always going to be lower in pitch and

quicker he doesn’t know I got it for her

one more example she wants peppers and

onions peppers and onions are the

stressed words here the nouns she and

wants are both unaccented but they’re

not reduced because all of the sounds

are there she wants peppers and onions

the word and however is reduced

basically you just hear the n sound

peppers and peppers and onions she wants

peppers and onions to review a reduced

syllable is an unaccented or unstressed

syllable in which one of the sounds is

either left out or changes

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