Weak and strong forms of the words

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Weak and strong forms of
the words

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[ə]
Strong and weak vowel sounds
London [΄lʌndən]
Banana [bə΄nɑ:nə]

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• prə΄naʊns
kən΄trɑ:st
΄dezət ΄səʊnənt
• ΄mɒnəfθɒŋ ΄ intrəstɪŋ
΄sɪnəmə ə΄lɪmpɪk
• tə΄rɪfɪk
΄ækjərət
΄fəʊtəgrɑ:f
΄pæs(ə)ndȝə
• pronounce
contrast
desert sonant
• monophthong interesting cinema Olympic
• terrific accurate photograph passenger
Vowels a, e , o, u, y in unstressed position – [ə]

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Weak and strong forms of the words
• Function words (determiners, prepositions, and conjunctions,
articles, particles, forms of the verb to be, modal an auxiliary
words, subject, reflexive and possessive pronouns) are usually
unstressed and then they have weak forms.
• If you want to emphasize their role(s) in a sentence - they have
strong forms.

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Reduction is a phonetic process of weakening, shortening
or disappearance of sounds in unstressed positions
• Quantitative reduction - shortening of a long
vowel [i:, a:, ɔ:, u:, ɜ:]
e.g. he [hi: → hi∙ → hi], me [mi: → mi], she [ʃi: → ʃi];
• Qualitative reduction (changing of the quality
of a vowel)
e .g. can [ kæn → kәn] and [ӕnd → ənd], but [bᴧt →
bət];
• Zero reduction (omission of a vowel)
e.g. I am – I’m [ai ӕm → aim], it is [it iz] →[its]
history [ˈhɪstrɪ], factory [ˈfæktrɪ], garden [ga:dn];

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Weak and strong verbs