Re: segmental As for the first part, I suppose it is the second syllable that is stressed Yes. in the first syllable there's a neutral vowel sound No. This is another illustration of the fact that an unstressed syllable does not require

I originally talked about a 'neutral vowel sound', which to the best of my knowledge is only one and occurs where there is an extremely strong reduction. Its symbol is the so-called 'schwa' (an upside down e symbol). There are

The examples I quoted above contradict Macmillan's logic. Seond I don't share the same terminology you do: for instance, to me, being reduced and being stressed are not synonomous. Lets look at the four possibilities. 1. Stressed,

Well, I did check a dictionary (Macmillan) concerning the words 'segmental' and 'segment' and it does work precisely as I wrote above. Moreover, I asked for an example where, in spite of the vowel being reduced, the syllable IS

Dipsik, Check M-W, Jones and Wells dictionaries, see whether 'seg' in segment does have a reduced vowel. I am not a fan of rule; however, I would like to look for an explanation that accounts many disparate pronunciation phenemona.

Dear all, could anyone help me mark the stresses in 'segmental phoneme' ? As for the first part, I suppose it is the second syllable that is stressed (adjective, in the first syllable there's a neutral vowel sound). However, I am

according to style guides, use the 'sound' of the first letter (F sounds like 'eff', hence use an, since it 'eff' begins with a vowel, where as P's sound does not)

what is the short vowel in octopus ?

I guess Italian. There are only seven vowels, and two of them are "allophonic" (so you have five vowels). Unlike English, there are no reduced forms: everything is pronounced the way it's written. So I think Italian, Spanish, and

What is the vowel sound preceding the final /z/ in words ending in es? Is it /ɪ/, as in the word 'is', or is it /i/, as in the word 'ease'? As in the word "is". Beach, Beaches = Beach is Case, Cases = Case is But when