spelling-induced mistake & stress and rhythm

[Sarahliu]

I don't understand following questions well, please give me hint and examples.
Thanks a lot.

1 Provide examples of words where the following spelling-induced mistakes are likely to occur
/ɑ/ instead of /ə/
/ɛ/ instead of /ə/

2 Use stress and rhythm to make a difference between the following compound and noncompound expressions
COMPOUNDS ------------------------NON COMPOUNDS
1 I just got my haircut -------------I just got my hair cut
2 Do you like black jack? ---------- Do you like black Jack?

[Sarahliu]

Please help me.

[Sarahliu]

I still don't have idea.

[naomimalan]

I don't understand following questions well, please give me hint and examples.
Thanks a lot.

1 Provide examples of words where the following spelling-induced mistakes are likely to occur
/ɑ/ instead of /ə/
/ɛ/ instead of /ə/

2 Use stress and rhythm to make a difference between the following compound and noncompound expressions
COMPOUNDS ------------------------NON COMPOUNDS
1 I just got my haircut -------------I just got my hair cut
2 Do you like black jack? ---------- Do you like black Jack?

Normally we prefer you to answer the questions first and then ask us to comment. As you have sent three posts and sound a bit desperate, I'll give you a hand.

/ɑ/ instead of /ə/ : the first sound looks like an a so beginners encountering a word ending in a (eg camera) might think this syllable should be pronounced /ɑ/ whereas in fact it is a schwa.

/ɛ/ instead of /ə/: In a word like component, beginners might think the e should be pronounced /ɛ/ whereas in fact it is also a schwa.

COMPOUNDS ------------------------NON COMPOUNDS
1 I just got my haircut -------------I just got my hair cut
2 Do you like black jack? ---------- Do you like black Jack?

In compounds the stress is generally on the first word(eg 'blackboard). If the words do not form a compound, both words will be equally stressed.