The Even Yearbook 13 (2018)

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 volume  13 (2018)
 pages  81–95
 author  Péter Szigetvári
 title  Stressed schwa in English
 keywords  vowel inventory, reduced/unstressed vowels, British English
 abstract  Descriptions of British English conventionally list seven short vowels, those of KIT, DRESS, TRAP, STRUT, LOT/CLOTH, FOOT, and LETTER/COMMA. In this paper I collect evidence for the claim that distinguishing STRUT and LETTER/COMMA is redundant and inconsistent: these two are one and the same vowel. Accordingly, the short vowel inventory of Current British English comprises only six short vowels.
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