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  2. Mid central vowel - Wikipedia

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    A reduced mid central vowel is known as a schwa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents either sound is ə , a rotated lowercase letter e . While the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association does not define the roundedness of [ə] , [ 1 ] a schwa is more often unrounded than rounded.

  3. Ə - Wikipedia

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    Ə, or ə, also called schwa, is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), minuscule ə is used to represent the mid central vowel or a schwa. It was invented by Johann Andreas Schmeller for the reduced vowel at the end of some German words and first used in his 1820s works on the Bavarian dialects .

  4. The Schwa Was Here - Wikipedia

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    "The Schwa" is actually a typical boy named Calvin Schwa, who lives with his father after his mother left when he was an infant. Antsy grows closer to Calvin and helps him make friends. On a dare, Calvin must enter the home of "Old Man Crawley", and steal one of his dogs' feeding bowls without being caught.

  5. Schwa (art) - Wikipedia

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    Schwa is the underground conceptual artwork of Bill Barker (born 1957). Barker draws deceptively simple black and white stick figures and oblong alien ships. However, the artwork is not about the aliens: it is about how people react to the presence of the aliens and branding, and Barker uses them as a metaphor for foreign and unknown ideas.

  6. Extra-shortness - Wikipedia

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    An example from English is the short schwa of the word police [pə̆ˈliˑs]. [1] This is typical of vowel reduction . Before the 1989 Kiel Convention , the breve was used for a non-syllabic vowel (that is, part of a diphthong ), which is now indicated by an inverted breve placed under the vowel letter, as in eye [aɪ̯] .

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  8. Australian English phonology - Wikipedia

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    The schwa /ə/ is a highly variable sound. For this reason, it is not shown on the vowel charts to the right. For this reason, it is not shown on the vowel charts to the right. The word-final schwa in comma and letter is often lowered to [ ɐ ] so that it strongly resembles the STRUT vowel /a/ : [ˈkɔmɐ, ˈleɾɐ] .

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    Discount brokerage king Charles Schwab and his eldest daughter Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz got a chance to rewrite a little family history when they co-authored a personal finance book in 2002: It ...