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