The Even Yearbook 13 (2018)

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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@article{even18sz,
  author  = {Péter Szigetvári},
  title   = {Stressed schwa in {E}nglish},
  year    = 2018,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 13,
  pages   = {81–95},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/18sz}
}
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Szigetvári, Péter. 2018. Stressed schwa in English. The Even Yearbook 13: 81–95. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/18sz