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Thread: name of: /ə/ & /æ/
- 22-Aug-2007, 17:53 #1
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name of: /ə/ & /æ/ hi.
how do You call these vowels ():
/ə/, /æ/
thanks.
- 22-Aug-2007, 18:16 #2
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Teacher Re: name of: /ə/ & /æ/ These are vowel phonemes.[phoneme = the smallest unit in the sound system of a language]
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- 22-Aug-2007, 21:43 #3
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Re: name of: /ə/ & /æ/ The first one is called the schwa sound. No idea about the second one.
- 22-Aug-2007, 21:56 #4
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Teacher Re: name of: /ə/ & /æ/ schwa, ampersand and ash
- 23-Aug-2007, 04:48 #5
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Teacher Re: name of: /ə/ & /æ/ I have to add that & is a sign and not a phoneme, meaning and.
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- 23-Aug-2007, 21:15 #6
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: name of: /ə/ & /æ/ Thanks to all of You for the answer :)
ps
I put '&' instead of writing 'and;' I was interested in names of shwa and ash only ;) but thanks for extending my knowlegde :)
