Unreduced Vowels American English Pronunciation

I mentioned previously that in an

unaccented syllable a vowel can go by

unreduced and so today I’m going to go

over some examples I’m going to embed a

table on my site that I have gotten from

Wikipedia that shows examples the vowels

and a sample word the first Wylie now

the unaccented syllable here is the e

but it still it remains e it is shorter

and also if you will notice Wylie

the pitch is lower that is going to be

true in all of these unaccented

syllables this would be true for smiley

happily etc chauvinism show is the

accented syllable chauvinism ISM now

there are about 1600 words in English

that end with ISM it is unaccented and

yet the e as in sit remains the vowel

Monday the a diphthong unaccented in all

of the days of the week but remains a it

is not reduced again Monday you can tell

obviously there is a change in pitch

there and list as in bed and bed would

be another example valet again here the

ad as in bat remains app even though it

is in the unaccented syllable unknown

unknown here it is the first syllable

that is unaccented yet it is still do

lower in pitch of the two syllables

unknown grandma grandma again ah as in

father goes by unaccented yet remaining

a pure off me on now here it is written

with this upside down a and I’m going to

disagree and I’m going to say it is

again the AH as in father neon again

unaccented outlaw

aw as in law it is unaccented yet it is

not reduced limo limo short for

limousine

same with hippo short for hippopotamus

not reduced fulfill this as in pull

fulfil not reduced tofu tofu the Oh as

in boo tofu again clearly lower in pitch

but still the pure ooh as in boo sound

discount ow as in now discount idea

another different I as in buy idea D

here is the accented simple idea Royale

al clearly what is accented here yet the

boy is not reduced Royale