The apprentice
Member
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Spanish
- Home Country
- Dominican Republic
- Current Location
- Dominican Republic
Dear members and teachers:
''We need a stressed syllable for a Schwa sound, even in function words; otherwise there will be no Schwa''.
Function words unlike content words are those that do not belong to dictionary words and are less important than content or lexical words in a text or conversation. They are grammatical words connecting with content words.
Although Schwa sound does not ocurr in monosyllable words, function words are monosyllable words which its vowels are reduced to Schwa for fitting the rhythm in the spoken English.
QUESTION:
As my quote estates, a stressed syllable is needed for a Schwa. In spoken English sounds are connected together as one sound, so in that connection of sounds there are interval of stressed and unstressed sounds.
1°) Is there a stressed syllable prior of after the function word that becomes Schwa?
2°) If there are two function words consecutively (of the; for the; of a; for a), is the next syllable to be the stressed one?
I ask for your cooperation and assistance in this topic.
My best regards.
''We need a stressed syllable for a Schwa sound, even in function words; otherwise there will be no Schwa''.
Function words unlike content words are those that do not belong to dictionary words and are less important than content or lexical words in a text or conversation. They are grammatical words connecting with content words.
Although Schwa sound does not ocurr in monosyllable words, function words are monosyllable words which its vowels are reduced to Schwa for fitting the rhythm in the spoken English.
QUESTION:
As my quote estates, a stressed syllable is needed for a Schwa. In spoken English sounds are connected together as one sound, so in that connection of sounds there are interval of stressed and unstressed sounds.
1°) Is there a stressed syllable prior of after the function word that becomes Schwa?
2°) If there are two function words consecutively (of the; for the; of a; for a), is the next syllable to be the stressed one?
I ask for your cooperation and assistance in this topic.
My best regards.