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  2. Clipping (phonetics) - Wikipedia

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    Vowels preceding voiceless consonants that begin a next syllable (as in keychain /ˈkiː.tʃeɪn/) are not affected by this rule. [1] Rhythmic clipping occurs in polysyllabic words. The more syllables a word has, the shorter its vowels are and so the first vowel of readership is shorter than in reader, which, in turn, is shorter than in read ...

  3. IPA vowel chart with audio - Wikipedia

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    This chart provides audio examples for phonetic vowel symbols. The symbols shown include those in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and added material. The chart is based on the official IPA vowel chart. [1] The International Phonetic Alphabet is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.

  4. International Phonetic Alphabet chart - Wikipedia

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    The following is the chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association.

  5. Table of vowels - Wikipedia

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    This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet. IPA: Vowels; Front Central Back; Close: i. y.

  6. IPA consonant chart with audio - Wikipedia

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    The International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA, is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.It was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

  7. Vowel reduction - Wikipedia

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    Cardinal vowel chart showing peripheral (white) and central (blue) vowel space, based on the chart in Collins & Mees (2003:227). Phonetic reduction most often involves a mid-centralization of the vowel, that is, a reduction in the amount of movement of the tongue in pronouncing the vowel, as with the characteristic change of many unstressed vowels at the ends of English words to something ...

  8. SAMPA chart - Wikipedia

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    open-mid central unrounded vowel: English bird: a: a~ä: open front unrounded vowel/ open central unrounded vowel: Spanish barra, French bateau, German Haar, Italian pazzo} ʉ: close central rounded vowel: Scottish English pool, Swedish sju: 8: ɵ: close-mid central rounded vowel: Swedish kust & ɶ: open front rounded vowel: Swedish öra: M: ɯ ...

  9. Phonological development - Wikipedia

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    Children younger than 12 years generally preferred the compound reading (i.e., the sausage) to the phrasal reading (the dog). The authors concluded from this that children start out with a lexical bias, i.e., they prefer to interpret phrases like these as single words, and the ability to override this bias develops until late in childhood.