WEAK VOWEL
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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WEAK VOWEL. In phonetics, a
VOWEL that normally occurs only in unstressed syllables. There are two weak vowels in English
SCHWA /ə/, as in the unstressed syllables of
above and
sofa, and short
i /ɪ/, as in the unstressed syllables in RP
example and
Sophie.
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