I really don't know what you mean by 'sound value or reduced sound'. Incidentally, in my own pronunciation of the word, the first vowel is close to /ɪ/, and the third is clearly /ɪ/
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- 23-Aug-2012, 02:31 #1
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beneficence The first schwa seems to have either a sound value or a reduced sound, while the second seems to have a reduced sound. Whenever I see schwa in pronunciation notations, it's hard to guess if it has the original sound value or a reduced sound. What do you think?
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beneficence [bənéfəsəns]
- 23-Aug-2012, 03:47 #2
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- 23-Aug-2012, 04:18 #3
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Re: beneficence I couldn't find the IPA for ə here, a slightly slanted one, which is different from normal ə, so ə seems to has two sound values, confusing me.
pencil [ˈpʰɛnsəl]
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