Vowel reduction

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Vowel reduction is a process in which an unstressed vowel reduces to a schwa.

Example

in Dutch pastoor -> p@stoor.

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Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Booij, G. E. 1977. Dutch Morphology: A Study of Word Formation in Generative Grammar, Foris, Dordrecht.
  • Kager, R. 1989. A Metrical Theory of Sress and Destressing in English and Dutch, PhD diss. Utrecht University.
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