Unstressed vowels in English: Distributions and consequences
Unstressed vowels in English: Distributions and consequences
Author(s): Péter SzigetváriSubject(s): Phonetics / Phonology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: vowel inventory; unstressed vowels; diphthongs; unstressability scale; British English
Summary/Abstract: Following Trager & Bloch (1941), I argue that diphthongs in English are short vowels followed by a glide, that is, a consonant (Szigetvári 2016). In the present paper, I bring further evidence for this claim, based on the distribution of unstressed vowels in British English
- Issue Year: 69/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 4-16
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English